Anorexia nervosa, liquorice and hypokalaemic myopathy.

Anorexia nervosa: from purgative behaviour to nephropathy. a case report

BACKGROUND Individuals who suffer from Anorexia Nervosa refuse to maintain a minimally normal body weight, are intensely afraid of gaining weight and exhibit a significant disturbance in the perception of the shape and size of their body. Postmenarchal females with this disorder are amenorrohic. In the Binge-Eating/Purging subtype individuals regularly engage in binge eating and purging behavio...

Metabolic abnormalities associated with skeletal myopathy in severe anorexia nervosa.

The aim of this study was to characterize the metabolic disturbance associated with the skeletal myopathy resulting from extreme weight loss in anorexia nervosa. Muscle function was examined in eight female patients with severe (40%) weight loss due to anorexia nervosa and histologically confirmed myopathy. A wide range of biochemical and hematologic investigations were carried out, including s...

Severe hypokalaemic paralysis and rhabdomyolysis due to ingestion of liquorice.

Chronic ingestion of liquorice induces a syndrome with findings similar to those in primary hyperaldosteronism. We describe a patient who, with a plasma K+ of 1.8 mmol/l, showed a paralysis and severe rhabdomyolysis after the habitual consumption of natural liquorice. Liquorice has become widely available as a flavouring agent in foods and drugs. It is important for physicians to keep liquorice...

Neuropathy and myopathy in two patients with anorexia and bulimia nervosa.

Two adolescent patients with eating disorders and severe weight loss presented with neuromyopathy. The first was female and had a twenty months' history of bulimia nervosa with weight loss and episodic gorging and vomiting. The second was male with a two-year history of anorexia nervosa characterised by vegetarianism and increasing food restriction. Both had severe wasting and asymmetrical weak...

Liquorice-Induced Severe Hypokalaemic Rhabdomyolysis with Acute Kidney Injury.