Amanda is an 18-year-old with anorexia nervosa. She was recently admitted to an eating disorders clinic with a BMI of 13
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:16 am
Amanda is an 18-year-old with anorexia nervosa. She was recently
admitted to an eating disorders clinic with a BMI of 13.9, and
although she was a voluntary patient, she was reluctant about the
treatment. She was convinced that she was overweight because her
clothes felt tight on her. She complained that even her hands and
feet “were fat.” One of her nurses explained that a protein in her
blood was low. The nurse further explained that, as difficult as it
may be to believe, eating a normal healthy diet would make the “fat
hands and feet” go away
Answer the following three questions
1. What protein do you suspect the nurse was
referring to? How would a deficiency in this protein contribute to
edema?
2. What is the difference between the physiology of
pitting and nonpitting edema?
3. Because of her weakened condition, Amanda was moved
around the ward in a wheelchair when she was not on bed rest. How
does this affect her edematous tissues?
admitted to an eating disorders clinic with a BMI of 13.9, and
although she was a voluntary patient, she was reluctant about the
treatment. She was convinced that she was overweight because her
clothes felt tight on her. She complained that even her hands and
feet “were fat.” One of her nurses explained that a protein in her
blood was low. The nurse further explained that, as difficult as it
may be to believe, eating a normal healthy diet would make the “fat
hands and feet” go away
Answer the following three questions
1. What protein do you suspect the nurse was
referring to? How would a deficiency in this protein contribute to
edema?
2. What is the difference between the physiology of
pitting and nonpitting edema?
3. Because of her weakened condition, Amanda was moved
around the ward in a wheelchair when she was not on bed rest. How
does this affect her edematous tissues?