FATAL OUTCOME OF A FEMALE SUFFERING BINGE EATING DISORDER – A CASE REPORT

INTRODUCTION: Eating disorders are common psychiatric afflictions in the adolescent female populations.The patients tend to deny or conceal their illness and avoid professional help. Anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are the two specified eating disorders according to the Diagnostic and...

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Main Authors: Ilina Brainova-Michich, Alexandar Alexandrov
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Language:English
Published: Union of Scientists - Stara Zagora 2018-03-01
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Online Access: http://www.sandtr.org/download.php?id=18
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description INTRODUCTION: Eating disorders are common psychiatric afflictions in the adolescent female populations.The patients tend to deny or conceal their illness and avoid professional help. Anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are the two specified eating disorders according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition (DSM-IV). However, the most common eating disorder diagnosis in either clinical and community samples is the rest category ‘eating disorder not otherwise specified’. EDNOS is a heterogeneous group of eating disorders and includes partial syndromes of AN and BN, purging disorder and binge eating disorder (BED). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forensic examination of the cadaver, data obtained by the relatives. CASE REPORT: A case of 37-years old female with eating disorder who was found dead in her bed is presented. According to data obtained by the relatives she suffered BED. The examination of the cadaver revealed aspiration of vomited stomach contents, full stomach and empty intestines, degenerative changes in the internal organs. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: It is generally thought that eating disorders are psychological problems far from life-threatening conditions. Their possible fatality is underestimated.
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spelling doaj-art-e4466add1932404295f48529505a4c0b2025-08-20T02:11:47ZengUnion of Scientists - Stara ZagoraScience & Research2535-07652018-03-0118FATAL OUTCOME OF A FEMALE SUFFERING BINGE EATING DISORDER – A CASE REPORTIlina Brainova-MichichAlexandar AlexandrovINTRODUCTION: Eating disorders are common psychiatric afflictions in the adolescent female populations.The patients tend to deny or conceal their illness and avoid professional help. Anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are the two specified eating disorders according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition (DSM-IV). However, the most common eating disorder diagnosis in either clinical and community samples is the rest category ‘eating disorder not otherwise specified’. EDNOS is a heterogeneous group of eating disorders and includes partial syndromes of AN and BN, purging disorder and binge eating disorder (BED). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forensic examination of the cadaver, data obtained by the relatives. CASE REPORT: A case of 37-years old female with eating disorder who was found dead in her bed is presented. According to data obtained by the relatives she suffered BED. The examination of the cadaver revealed aspiration of vomited stomach contents, full stomach and empty intestines, degenerative changes in the internal organs. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: It is generally thought that eating disorders are psychological problems far from life-threatening conditions. Their possible fatality is underestimated. http://www.sandtr.org/download.php?id=18 binge eating disorderfatality
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title FATAL OUTCOME OF A FEMALE SUFFERING BINGE EATING DISORDER – A CASE REPORT
title_full FATAL OUTCOME OF A FEMALE SUFFERING BINGE EATING DISORDER – A CASE REPORT
title_fullStr FATAL OUTCOME OF A FEMALE SUFFERING BINGE EATING DISORDER – A CASE REPORT
title_full_unstemmed FATAL OUTCOME OF A FEMALE SUFFERING BINGE EATING DISORDER – A CASE REPORT
title_short FATAL OUTCOME OF A FEMALE SUFFERING BINGE EATING DISORDER – A CASE REPORT
title_sort fatal outcome of a female suffering binge eating disorder a case report
topic binge eating disorder
fatality
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