Body image disturbance

Q Body Image Disturbance related to changes in appearance, physical size, other (specify)... 

Managing Anxiety and Body image Disturbance The parents, and sometimes the children, may be concerned about the success or possible failure of treatment with GH. The child is provided with the opportunity to share fears, concerns, or anger. The nurse acknowledges these feeling as normal and corrects any misconceptions the child or parents may have concerning treatment. Time is allowed for the parents and children to ask questions not only before therapy is started but also during the months of treatment. 

Bulimic patients who purge differ from binge eaters who do not purge in that the latter tend to have less body image disturbance and less anxiety concerning eating. Bulimic persons who do not purge tend to be obese. The physical and medical complications of bulimic patients are described in the Assessment section below. 

Antidepressant drugs, such as tricyclic antidepressants and SSRIs, suppress rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, the period of sleep during which dreaming occurs. Despite this, antidepressant treatment is sometimes associated with recurrent nightmares. Venlafaxine also suppresses REM sleep and was associated with nightmares in a 35-year-old woman with body image disturbance the nightmares remitted when the venlafaxine was withdrawn (12). The authors speculated that indirect activation of 5-... 

Anorexia nervosa affects 1 per cent of women, in a ratio of 16 female cases to every male case. It is more prevalent in white females in western countries of higher social classes. Other features of anorexia include amenorrhea, loss of libido, body image disturbance, calorie counting and preoccupation with food. 50 per cent of girls with anorexia also vomit or purge. Hunger is usually present but suppressed. 

DISTURBED BODY IMAGE The lesions caused by the fungal infections may cause the patient to feel negatively about die body or a body part. It is important for... 

Q Disturbed Body Image related to changes in skin and mucous membranes... 

D Disturbed Body Image related to adverse reactions (cushingoid appearance)... 

Risk for Disturbed Body Image related to the presence of skin lesions... 

Cotterill, J.A., Dermatological non-disease a common and potentially fatal disturbance of cutaneous body image, Br. J. Dermatol., 104, 611-619, 1981. 

Bulimia nervosa is the most common eating disorder that occurs in women with eating disorders who maintain normal weight. The symptomology includes disturbances in appetite modulation, abnormal body image, dysphoric mood, and neuroendocrine abnormalities. 

Q Disturbed Body Image (in thetanale) related to adveise reactions (virilization)... 

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