Open AccessEating disorders in pregnancy
Author(s) -
Teodor SALMEN,
Bianca Margareta MIHAI,
Corina GRIGORIU,
Ionita DUCU,
Costin BERCEANU,
Ioana Teodora VLADAREANU,
Vlad Dima,
Roxana Elena Bohîlţea
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
romanian journal of medical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-6108
pISSN - 1842-8258
DOI - 10.37897/rjmp.2021.4.8
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , pregnancy , eating disorders , anxiety , psychosocial , depression (economics) , medicine , postpartum period , psychiatry , bulimia nervosa , binge eating , psychology , weight gain , obstetrics , body weight , endocrinology , genetics , macroeconomics , economics , biology
The most frequent eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, binge eating and bulimia nervosa. They are frequently aggravated during pregnancy or postpartum and because they impair the general health and psychosocial functioning of the patients, it is fundamental to be carefully managing these pathologies in a multidisciplinary team. The common association with menstrual irregularities, even with secondary amenorrhea, lead to unplanned pregnancy following the patients’ belief that they are infertile, and this represents a risk factor for both mother and fetus. Carefully attention should be paid in the patients’ assessment due to the concealment behaviors adopted in order to hide the maladaptive patterns or the eventual use of certain potential drugs that are thought to prevent weight gain or an excessive appetite and, moreover, in the postpartum period patient should be carefully investigated for an eventual anxiety or depression syndrome that may arise as a result of the postpartum body shape or weight gain from the pregnancy period.