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I mentioned the other day that I had suffered from severe Anorexia and developed Osteoporosis after that. I am wondering if anyone else reading this has had an eating disorder or knows of someone who has and would like to share that with me or the community. My email is harmonica61@netzero.net and I would really appreciate comments. Thank you, Veronica
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Veronica, there was an article in my Sunday paper on that very subject, people who get osteoporosis after having had an eating disorder (so that their nutrition was compromised for a while). I looked for the paper just now but we seem to have thrown it away. I take both the Chicago Tribune and the New York Times so it was in one or the other if you can find it in online archives.
In my profile, I have a little about myself. I was diagnosed with osteoporosis during my hospitalization for anorexia. Feel free to email me erin.childs@msn.com
It is not just your nutrition that is compromised by eating disorders. Your menstrual cycles are often absent or sketchy and this means your bone-protecting estrogen is not able to function. This amenorrhea (absence of periods for 3 or more months in a row) damages your bones at a time when your young body should be building bone. There is also a potential for heart damage from eating disorders. Calcium is vital to a heart's functioning. You should always share your history with any new doctors -- and dentists. Elite female athletes and ballerinas also can become osteoporotic because of not nourishing their bodies enough despite extreme physical demands on their bodies. They may not be anorexic, but when you lose periods for 3 months at a time and are not pregnant, you are putting your body at serious risk. This is NOT "new" news.
Perhaps this is the root of osteoporosis in the young mothers who have been messaging here. I do not know.
Lucy Buckley PT aka Mother Goose
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