Abstract

CASE REPORT ON ANOREXIA INDUCED HYPOGLYCEMIA AND HYPOTENSION

Sarvankumar.G*, Y. Kiran Kumar, J. Pawan, Md Rasheed and Sai Sri Reddy

Abstract

Eating disorder often called as Anorexia which is characterized by loosing body weight, and has a strong desire to decrease body weight. Complications may include infertility, osteoarthritis and loss of menstrual cycline in case of womens. Globally anorexia estimated 0.9% to 4.3% in womens and 0.2% to 0.3% in mens. Eating disorder is uncommon but it is a life threatening syndrome which causes mortality and morbidity. Here our case report describe a patient with anorexia, who rapidly developed hypoglycemia, hypotension. The patient was rapidly improved the normal concentration of glucose and blood pressure by intake of large quantity of carbohydrates 5 times per a day.

Keywords: Anorexia, hypotension, hypoglycemia.