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.