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Suggest Treatment For Eating Disorder And Fatigue In Teenager
I am very worried about my best friend. For months now, she has been having stomach issues. When its not shooting pains iin her abdomen, shes throwing up white liquid. She is rarely able to eat because her food (and even water) just comes right back up. Her symptoms are mostly in the morning. She has gone to a doctor and they put her on anti-acid medication and said her symptoms were because of stress. At the time, her stress was because of a class she was taking. She dropped the class and her stress level has lowered a lot, and still no change. Because she is unable to eat a lot, she sometimes passes out. I am very worried. help? She is 16.
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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She needs a detail evaluation. From your short description it difficult to say whether it is medical cause or a psychological . You need to send more details about the patient like her cognitions or thoughts attached to inability to eat or drink. What are the circumstances when she is having this apart from classes she was taking?? Whether she was investigated if so what were the results?? How is her general mood??
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