Kidney disease as a medical complication of eating disorders

Kidney disease is an underappreciated medical complication of anorexia nervosa. Further research is needed to clarify the mechanisms that drive kidney disease in patients who restrict caloric intake or engage in purging. Education and awareness are also needed, because kidney disease is often under-...

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Published in:Nature reviews. Nephrology 2022-11, Vol.18 (11), p.677-678
Main Authors: Puckett, Leah, Mehler, Shoshana, Mehler, Philip
Format: Article
Language:English
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Anorexia
Behavior
Binge eating
Biopsy
Blood
Body mass index
Cardiac arrhythmia
Case studies
Clinical medicine
Comment
Creatinine
Eating disorders
Heart rate
Hypokalemia
Kidney diseases
Laxatives
Malnutrition
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nephrology
Nutrition
Patients
Potassium
Proteins
Renal replacement therapy
Risk factors
Thyroid gland
Urine
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Summary:Kidney disease is an underappreciated medical complication of anorexia nervosa. Further research is needed to clarify the mechanisms that drive kidney disease in patients who restrict caloric intake or engage in purging. Education and awareness are also needed, because kidney disease is often under-recognized by these patients and their clinicians.
ISSN:1759-5061
1759-507X
DOI:10.1038/s41581-022-00610-y