Eating disorders..help please?!
Question: Eating disorders!.!.help please!?
i have a 12 year old niece who has recently lost quite a bit of weight, even though she didn't need to, she says it just happened!.!.!.she is constantly tired!.!.her periods are all over the place!.!.she is sick after she eats!.!.!.the problem is that she isn't sick right away maybe after an hour or so!.!.!.is this an eating disorder or do you think its something medical!.!.also her stomach is really bloated even though she is slimWww@Answer-Health@Com
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Straight to the doctor I say!. Bloating is a sign of malnutrition!. If she has purposely not eaten, her stomach would of shrunk, therefore not able to hold food if she tries to eat too much!. Periods will tend to stop when you become ill or underweight!.
Have some blood tests done and a good check up to eliminate any medical problem!. If all ok, begin her on small portion meals 6 -8 times daily until her stomach recovers!. Can take a few months then start increasing the sizes of meals and reduce frequency until she eats normally again!. Meanwhile try her on Sustagen Milk drinks to help her intake of vitamins etc!.
Good luck!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
Have some blood tests done and a good check up to eliminate any medical problem!. If all ok, begin her on small portion meals 6 -8 times daily until her stomach recovers!. Can take a few months then start increasing the sizes of meals and reduce frequency until she eats normally again!. Meanwhile try her on Sustagen Milk drinks to help her intake of vitamins etc!.
Good luck!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
Even though she is starving gases build up, in anorexics stomachs same a the starving Ethiopians , she does sound like she has a problem and losing weight without meaning to is time to get to the Dr she is at that age when she could fall into the anorexic category really quickly!. Could be bulimia going on as well you devour a lot then discreetly go away and make yourself sick !. Despite being hungry/starving, the compulsion to stay slim drives you, it is a psychological problem!.
I hope she is ok, if it isnt caused by her doing it deliberately then it is not right to lose weight so suddenly and could indicate a stomach disorder!.
Hope she is ok!. Her mucked up her periods are a bad sign though as body needs to be a certain weight to be able to 'nourish a potential baby' so periods end when you go under a certain weight !.
Hope she gets a check up asap, she needs taken to see a Dr as she is only 12 and wont like it but needs done !.
take careWww@Answer-Health@Com
I hope she is ok, if it isnt caused by her doing it deliberately then it is not right to lose weight so suddenly and could indicate a stomach disorder!.
Hope she is ok!. Her mucked up her periods are a bad sign though as body needs to be a certain weight to be able to 'nourish a potential baby' so periods end when you go under a certain weight !.
Hope she gets a check up asap, she needs taken to see a Dr as she is only 12 and wont like it but needs done !.
take careWww@Answer-Health@Com
It could also be a food allergy like gluten!. I would definitely go to a doctor to have them run tests!. If they find nothing I would try switching up her diet to see if anything helps her not get sick after she eats!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
If her stomach is bloated she might have IBS (Irritable bowel syndrome)!. This causes extreme discomfort for sufferers and puts them off eating!.Www@Answer-Health@Com