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Binge eating disorder onset by unusual parasitic intestinal disease: A case‐report
Author(s) -
FernándezAranda Fernando,
Solano Raquel,
Badía Anna,
JiménezMurcia Susana
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/eat.1060
Subject(s) - taenia solium , binge eating , binge eating disorder , weight loss , disease , parasitic disease , psychology , psychiatry , cysticercosis , eating disorders , pediatrics , medicine , obesity , pathology , bulimia nervosa
Abstract We report a case of binge eating disorder (BED) in a 19‐year‐old Spanish woman, whose onset followed a nowadays uncommon parasitic intestinal disease ( Taenia solium by cysticercosis). The patient exhibited bizarre and frequent hyperphagia episodes and extreme loss of weight, common symptoms of this condition. The patient continued to have frequent binge episodes and inappropriate eating patterns, gaining weight consequently over a normal range, despite successful treatment of the condition. No purging behavior was detected. A classical conditioning behavioral model, was useful for the understanding and formulation of this case. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case where a parasitic infestation triggered the onset of BED. © 2001 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 30: 107–109, 2001.