Table II. Complications of anorexia nervosa

 

Orofacial Tooth enamel erosion
Dental caries
Parotid gland enlargement
Dentinal hypersensitivity
Angular cheilitis
Xerostomia
Palatal trauma
Cardiovascular Hypotension
Prolong QT
Arrhythmias
Cardiomyopathy
Mitral valve prolapse
Gastrointestinal Delayed gastric
Decreased intestinal
Constipation
Endocrine and Metabolic Hypokalemia
Hyponatremia
Hypoglycemia
Hypothermia
Euthyroid sick syndrome
Hypercortisolism
Amenorrhea
Delay in puberty
Arrested growth
Osteopenia/osteoporosis
Renal Renal calculi
Reproductive Infertility
Low-birth weight infant
Integumentary Dry skin and hair
Hair loss
Lanugo (fine body hair)
Neurologic Peripheral neuropathy
Ventricular enlargement
Hematologic Anemia
Leukopenia
Thrombocytopenia

Adapted from: Liburd JDA: Eating disorder: anorexia. eMedicine Journal, 2001:2(9):1-13. Altshuler BD: Eating disorder patients: recognition and intervention. J Dent Hyg 1990;64:119-124.