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Whispers of hunger: a journey through anorexia nervosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 August 2025

A. Monllor*
Affiliation:
Hospital Clínico de Valladolid
M. Rios
Affiliation:
Hospital Clínico Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
G. Lorenzo Chapatte
Affiliation:
Hospital Clínico de Valladolid
L. Rojas Vazquez
Affiliation:
Hospital Clínico de Valladolid
G. Guerra Valera
Affiliation:
Hospital Clínico Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
P. Marques Cabezas
Affiliation:
Hospital Clínico de Valladolid
M. Queipo de Llano de la Viuda
Affiliation:
Hospital Clínico de Valladolid
M. Andreo Vidal
Affiliation:
Hospital Clínico de Valladolid
M. Calvo Valcarcel
Affiliation:
Hospital Clínico de Valladolid
M. P. Pando Fernandez
Affiliation:
Hospital Clínico de Valladolid
P. Martinez Gimeno
Affiliation:
Hospital Clínico de Valladolid
B. Rodriguez Rodriguez
Affiliation:
Hospital Clínico de Valladolid
N. Navarro Barriga
Affiliation:
Hospital Clínico de Valladolid
M. Fernandez Lozano
Affiliation:
Hospital Clínico de Valladolid
M. J. Mateos Sexmero
Affiliation:
Hospital Clínico de Valladolid
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

A 13 years old girl, who has always been an A* student, was brought to our Emergency Room, referred by her Psiquiatrist, to be hospitalized in our Unit.

During the first interview in the ER, the patient reported that she refused to eat food that had empty calories, which were essentially everything except water, and even water at times was an issue. She had a IMC of 16,57 kg/m2.

Objectives

The objetive of this case is to try and explain how serious of a disorder anorexia nervosa can be, at times severe enough to distort completely the patients reality.

Methods

The following patient will be presented, doing a thorough systematic bibliography review.

Results

The patient remains admitted to our unit. After more than one month and a half, since first being admitted, the patient has both verbalized wanting to end her life before gaining weight, as well as improved her disorder awareness.

At first, she was bluntly negative to eat any food, to a point to such extent, that feeding via nasogastric tube was necessary.

After daily interviews, along with many consultations, both with clinical psychology and psychiatry, using both cognitive behavioral psychotherapy and psychotrpic drugs; we achieved a slight improvement by eating half plates of both first and second plate, as well as dessert of a 1300-1500kcal diet.

Nonetheless, the patient still manifest up to this day, her willingness of not to eat and to end her life if its necessary to avoid eating.

Conclusions

Given the severity of the eating disorder suffered by the patient, social work was notified of the refferral to a long-term center specialized in eating disorders. The patient verbalized not wanting to got there, but recognized her disorder was getting more severe and the need for a long-term Unit.

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