“EATING DISORDERS & HOMOEOPATHY”
Eating
disorders
are actually serious and often fatal illnesses that cause severe disturbances
to a person's eating
behaviors. Obsessions with food, body weight, and shape may also signal an eating disorder.
Eating disorder is sub divided into
ü Anorexia nervosa
ü Bulimia nervosa
ü Binge
“ANOREXIA NERVOSA”
-
A condition in
which there is a marked weight loss as a result of self-starvation.
-
Typically
develops during adolescents, predominantly affecting girls.
v
Aetiology:
• Unknown aetiology with a number of theories which are
speculative.
• Current social pressures to maintain a slim figure are
thought to have been a predisposing factor to recently increased incidences.
• History of obesity & extreme course of dieting
after being teased by their friends.
• Emaciation may be disguised by wearing loosely fitting
clothes & hiding heavy objects when the weight is checked.
• These subjects are physically overactive.
• Associative features of Hypotension, bradycardia &
peripheral cyanosis can be seen.
v Diagnostic criteria:
• Weight loss of at least 25% of total body Weight.
• Avoidance of High calorie food.
• Amenorrhea for at least 3 months.
• Distortion of body image, so that patients regard
themselves as fat even when grossly underweight.
v MANAGEMENT:
• Restore normal body Weight either as an in-patient or
out patient.
• A series of target Weight should be set with a final
target within the normal range for patients Weight& Height
• Psychotherapy
v PROGNOSIS:
• Short term prognosis is good, but long term outlook is
less favorable.
• Approximately 20% of individuals make full recovery,
20% remain chronically ill & 60% have recurring episodes.
• Death occurs either from suicide or physical
complications.
v Homoeopathic Management:
o Mind - ANOREXIA nervosa
ARS.calc.
Carc. caust. CHIN. hyos. Ign. lach.levo. merc. Nat-m.perh.
phos. puls. rhus-t. Staph.SULPH.tarent. verat.
o Mind - ANOREXIA nervosa - refuses, to eat
ars. bell. caust. cocc. croc. grat. HYOS.Ign.
KALI-CHL. kali-p.op. PH-AC. Phyt. plat. puls. sep.TARENT.
VERAT.VIOL-O.
“BULLIMIA NERVOSA”
v A condition alternating with self-starving, eating
large amounts of food & self-induced vomiting.
v Weight is normal & exclusively confined to women.
v Diagnostic criteria:
Ø Recurrent episodes of eating.
Ø Lack of self-control on overeating.
Ø Self-induced vomiting
Ø Weight almost maintained with in normal limits.
v MANAGEMENT:
ü Psychotherapy
v Homoeopathic Management:
o Mind - BULIMIA
arg-n. Carc.ign. iod.
med. nat-m. Phos.puls. staph.
Binge-eating disorder
People with binge-eating disorder lose control over his or her eating.
Unlike bulimia nervosa, periods of binge-eating are not followed by purging,
excessive exercise, or fasting. As a result, people with binge-eating disorder
often are overweight or obese. Binge-eating disorder is the most common
eating disorder in the U.S.
Symptoms include:
- Eating unusually large amounts of food in a specific amount of time
- Eating even when you're full or not hungry
- Eating fast during binge episodes
- Eating until you're uncomfortably full
- Eating alone or in secret to avoid embarrassment
- Feeling distressed, ashamed, or guilty about your eating
- Frequently dieting, possibly without weight loss
v The persistent eating of non-nutritive substances like
paint, plaster, hair, cloth, sand, leaves, soil is called pica. It is
frequently associated with mental retardation or vitamin/mineral deficiencies.
Complications are usually medical, like lead poisoning, hair-ball tumors,
intestinal perforation, etc. It usually remits on its own. Other forms of
treatment are aversion therapy, over-correction and supplementation of vitamin
deficiencies.
v Homoeopathic Management:
o Food - PICA, desires to eat sand, slate, earth, etc.
ALUM.Alumn.CALC. calc-p.chel.
cic. con. ferr. hep. hyos. ign. nat-m. NIT-AC. Nux-v.oci. psor.
sil. sulph. Tarent.
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