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Anorexia signs of severity


These signs must be able to know which ones should lead to hospitalization because the prognosis may be at stake
-A body mass index below 13 kg / m2
-Des postural discomfort or hypoglycemic
- A physical exhaustion often described by the patient
- Physical and mental slowing.
-A significant weight loss.
-disorders of consciousness and alertness (apathy, prostration)
-Systolic blood pressure below 8 cm Hg and diastolic less than 5 mmHg
, Bradycardia (slow heart) less than 45 per minute
- A decrease in core temperature (sometimes less than 36 °)

-The smell of acetone breath.