Eating disorder physical examination
Look for physical signs such as:
- AN patients look emaciated and bulimics look healthy
- erosion of teeth enamel
- hypertrophy of knuckles-Russell's sign
- hypotension
- bradycardia
- irregular rhythm
- peripheral edema
- yellow skin
- lanugo hair
- Reversible mitral valve prolapse in AN patients that occurs due to size disproportion between left ventricle and mitral valve.