One-third female diabetics have eating disorder
As many as one-third of young women with diabetes
could be suffering with a type of eating disorder that
prompts them to manipulate or omit insulin intake leading to severe
complications such as heart disease,
nerve damage and amputation as well as vision problems, researchers say.
Diabulimia is an eating disorder in which people with Type 1 diabetes deliberately
give themselves less insulin than they need, for the purpose of weight loss.
“People with diabetes are more at risk of developing an eating disorder. As 15
to 20 per cent of all young women have an eating disorder and the risk is twice
as high in people with Type 1 diabetes… this means that up to a third of young
women with diabetes develop
eating disorder,” Janet Treasure, Professor at Kings College London, was quoted
as saying to express.co.uk. “Diabulimia is a serious condition that often gets
overlooked…for people with Type 1 diabetes, the stress of injecting (insulin)
can have a detrimental effect,” said Charlotte Summers from Diabetes.co.uk — a
British-based support community for people with diabetes.
The signs of diabulimia may include regular changes in
weight, awkwardness over questions about diabetes control, avoiding clinic
appointments, having a high haemoglobin A1c(HbA1c) compared with results
entered in a blood glucose diary, being very thirsty, needing to urinate
frequently and having blurred vision. In addition, manipulating or omitting
insulin can also cause blood sugar levels to surge and reach an unhealthy
level. This may lead to simple fatigue to wearing of the muscle tissue and can
cause complications, such as retinopathy, neuropathy and kidney disease, the
researchers said. “It is something that affects both men and women and requires
more awareness and research in order to determine the best way to address the
emotional impact of diabetes,” Summers noted.
08.02.2017
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