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'''Anorexia''' is a physical symptom also known as '''appetite loss''', but the term ''anorexia'' is also sometimes used to refer to the mental and behavioral illness [[Anorexia_and_eating_disorders#anorexianervosa|Anorexia Nervosa]]. This page is about appetite loss.
'''Anorexia''' is a physical symptom also known as '''appetite loss''' causing an inability to eat.<ref name="MosbyDictionary">{{Cite book|title=Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions|pages=102|isbn=978-0-7295-8691-7|edition=Revised 3rd Anz|volume=|language=en|title-link=|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=z46ADwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&lpg=PA102&dq=anorexia%20appetite%20loss%20intitle:dictionary&pg=PA102#v=onepage&q&f=true|access-date=|date=2018|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|editor-last=Harris|editor-first=Peter|editor-link=|editor-last2=Nagy|editor-first2=Sue|editor-link2=|editor-last3=Vardaxis|editor-first3=Nicholas|editor-link3=|veditors=|others=|doi=|oclc=|quote=|archive-url=|archive-date= |location=Australia}}</ref>
 
{{See also description|1=the mental and behavioral illness which involves a refusal to eat combined with fears of being fat and other factors|2=Anorexia and eating disorders#anorexianervosa|3=Anorexia nervosa}}
==Symptom recognition ==
[[Digestive problems]] are very common symptoms in ME/CFS, and may some cause changes in eating behaviors or weight, for example because of [[food intolerance]]s.
 
[[Severe and very severe ME |Severe myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome]] can also cause
* [[dysphagia]] (swallowing difficulties or an inability to swallow)<ref name="sectioning">{{Cite web |url =https://25megroup.org/download/2527/|title = KNOWLEDGE IN THE HOPE OF PROTECTING M.E. SUFFERERS FROM UNNECESSARY SECTIONING|last=The Grace Charity for M.E.|author-link1 =The Grace Charity for M.E.|last2 =The 25% ME Group |author-link2 =25 Percent ME Group|date =Jan 2019|quote =...&nbsp;the terrible act of sectioning sound minded M.E. patients who are neither a threat to themselves nor to others&nbsp;...|}}</ref>
:a symptom also found in some people after a stroke, and in [[multiple sclerosis]] and [[Parkinson's disease]]s<ref name="swallowing">{{Citation |title =Drs. Byron Hyde and John Chia - Questions and Answers|page=10|work=The Quarterly Newsletter|date =Summer 2018|last=The 25% ME Group|author-link1=25 Percent ME Group|publisher =[[25 Percent ME Group]]|quote =Some M.E. specialist researchers believe that the gastric mucosa which is infected with enteroviruses may reach the brain by travelling up the vagus nerve, which controls the swallowing reflex.}}</ref>
* vomiting, which may be linked to [[vertigo]]
* [[food intolerance|food or medication intolerance]], which is found in approximately 50% of people with ME/CFS, may become severe
: this may cause a reluctance to eat/swallow in severe cases<ref name="canadianconsensus">{{Cite book
| last1  = Carruthers    | first1 = Bruce M.      | authorlink1 = Bruce Carruthers
| last2  = Jain          | first2 = Anil Kumar    | authorlink2 = Anil Kumar Jain
| last3  = De Meirleir  | first3 = Kenny L.      | authorlink3 = Kenny De Meirleir
| last4  = Peterson      | first4 = Daniel L.    | authorlink4 = Daniel Peterson
| last5  = Klimas        | first5 = Nancy G.      | authorlink5 = Nancy Klimas
| last6  = Lerner        | first6 = A. Martin    | authorlink6 = Martin Lerner
| last7  = Bested        | first7 = Alison C.    | authorlink7 = Alison Bested
| last8  = Flor-Henry    | first8 = Pierre        | authorlink8 = Pierre Flor-Henry
| last9  = Joshi        | first9 = Pradip        | authorlink9 = Pradip Joshi
| last10  = Powles        | first10 = A C Peter    | authorlink10 = A C Peter Powles
| last11  = Sherkey      | first11 = Jeffrey A.  | authorlink11 = Jeffrey Sherkey
| last12  = van de Sande  | first12 = Marjorie I.  | authorlink12 = Marjorie van de Sande
| title  = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols
| journal = Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | volume = 11 | issue = 2 | page = 7-115
| date    = 2003
| pmid    =
| doi    = 10.1300/J092v11n01_02
| url    = http://www.investinme.org/Documents/PDFdocuments/CanadianDefinitionME-CFS.pdf
}}</ref>
These swallowing and eating symptoms can lead to the sufferer becoming severely underweight; this can cause a misdiagnosis of anorexia<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tymestrust.org/pdfs/metheillness.pdf|title=ME - The Illness and Common Misconceptions: Abuse, Neglect, Mental Incapacity. ''A summary originally produced for the legal profession''|last=Colby|first=Jane|authorlink=Jane Colby|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=[[Tymes Trust]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=Feb 25, 2019}}</ref> or another eating disorder, which may lead to inappropriate treatment.
 
Some people severely affected by [[ME/CFS]] need feeding tubes or artificial nutritional, and may become severely underweight purely as a result of their ME/CFS symptoms, and may starve to death.<ref name="merryncrofts">ME sufferer who was dismissed as hysterical vindicated in death’ The Times 29 May 2018 by Lucy Bannerman; also The Quarterly published by the 25% ME Group Summer 2018 pages 22-23 www.25megroup.org</ref> This is also the case for some people with anorexia or eating disorders.


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Revision as of 23:07, February 23, 2021

Anorexia is a physical symptom also known as appetite loss causing an inability to eat.[1]

Symptom recognition[edit | edit source]

Digestive problems are very common symptoms in ME/CFS, and may some cause changes in eating behaviors or weight, for example because of food intolerances.

Severe myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome can also cause

  • dysphagia (swallowing difficulties or an inability to swallow)[2]
a symptom also found in some people after a stroke, and in multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's diseases[3]
this may cause a reluctance to eat/swallow in severe cases[4]

These swallowing and eating symptoms can lead to the sufferer becoming severely underweight; this can cause a misdiagnosis of anorexia[5] or another eating disorder, which may lead to inappropriate treatment.

Some people severely affected by ME/CFS need feeding tubes or artificial nutritional, and may become severely underweight purely as a result of their ME/CFS symptoms, and may starve to death.[6] This is also the case for some people with anorexia or eating disorders.

Learn more[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. Harris, Peter; Nagy, Sue; Vardaxis, Nicholas, eds. (2018). Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions (Revised 3rd Anz ed.). Australia: Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-7295-8691-7.
  2. The Grace Charity for M.E.; The 25% ME Group (January 2019). "KNOWLEDGE IN THE HOPE OF PROTECTING M.E. SUFFERERS FROM UNNECESSARY SECTIONING". ... the terrible act of sectioning sound minded M.E. patients who are neither a threat to themselves nor to others ... Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  3. The 25% ME Group (Summer 2018), "Drs. Byron Hyde and John Chia - Questions and Answers", The Quarterly Newsletter, 25 Percent ME Group, p. 10, Some M.E. specialist researchers believe that the gastric mucosa which is infected with enteroviruses may reach the brain by travelling up the vagus nerve, which controls the swallowing reflex.
  4. Carruthers, Bruce M.; Jain, Anil Kumar; De Meirleir, Kenny L.; Peterson, Daniel L.; Klimas, Nancy G.; Lerner, A. Martin; Bested, Alison C.; Flor-Henry, Pierre; Joshi, Pradip; Powles, A C Peter; Sherkey, Jeffrey A.; van de Sande, Marjorie I. (2003). Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols (PDF). Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. 11. p. 7-115. doi:10.1300/J092v11n01_02.
  5. Colby, Jane. "ME - The Illness and Common Misconceptions: Abuse, Neglect, Mental Incapacity. A summary originally produced for the legal profession" (PDF). Tymes Trust. Retrieved February 25, 2019. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. ME sufferer who was dismissed as hysterical vindicated in death’ The Times 29 May 2018 by Lucy Bannerman; also The Quarterly published by the 25% ME Group Summer 2018 pages 22-23 www.25megroup.org