Abnormal Menstruation Often Signals Eating Disorders
Sunday July 15, 2007
For a long time, the medical community believed that the only eating disorder related to any type of menstrual cycle disorder was anorexia nervosa. Anorexic patients often experience amenorrhea or absence of menstruation as a result of their eating disorder. No other eating disorders were related to any type of menstrual cycle disorder, until now, that is.
According to an article in Scientific American, other types of eating disorders, including bulimia, also are related to irregular menstruation. The article suggests that health-care providers start evaluating patients with irregular, heavy, or abnormal bleeding for the presence of eating disorders; this includes patients who are not underweight and who may be overweight.
More:
What You Should Know About the Menstrual Cycle and Menstruation
About.com Eating Disorders Guide
Comments
This factoid is so important. My name is Trisha Gura and I am author of “Lying in Weight: the Hidden Epidemic of Eating Disorders in Adult Women” (Harper Collins, May 2007). In my chapter onh pregnancy, I note that studies show many girls with bulimia getting pregnant unexpectantly precisely because they have erratic periods and don’t use birth control. Ironically, the same group has a higher rate of miscarriage and abortion.
Trisha Gura
www.trishagura.com
trisha@trishagura.com
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