Anorexia nervosa and bulimia in diabetics

摘要: The evidence suggests that poor diabetic control in adolescence is often associated with omissions of insulin, overeating and other failures adherence to the treatment regime context some kind emotional disturbance. Six young patients diabetes mellitus an eating disorder (anorexia nervosa or bulimia), who failed their order lose weight compensate for bulimic episodes, are discussed. Other noteworthy features were feelings hopelessness unco-operativeness treatment. Our knowledge pathogenesis anorexia special problems faced by adolescents would lead a prediction combination two disorders should arise more than could be accounted chance.