Correlation Between Binge Eating Disorder & Kidney Failure

Issue• Binge Eating Disorder

Disease• Renal Failure

Technology• Kidney Transplant

Issue

Binge Eating Disorder

Description

Binge eating is basically a condition where a person consumes an insane amount of food in a short period of time on a regular basis.

Signs To Look For

The person would:• Not have control over the amount they eat• Eat unusually large amounts of food• Have severe depression• Eat even though not hungry• Be easily irritated

Disease

Renal Failure

Description

Renal Failure means that the kidney(s) lose their basic function of filtering urea and other wastes from the blood stream. If left alone, the person would end up poisoning themselves through the waste products produced by the food they eat.

Symptoms

• Swelling of extremities• Nausea• Potassium build up• Phosphate build up• Darkening of skin• Low volume of urine

Affect on Body

A Renal failure will have drastic consequences if left untreated. The body will slowly become septic and poison itself due to the high levels of urea in the blood. Patients with renal failure will have to undergo dialysis at least 3 times a week just to keep them alive and kicking. If it were only a acute renal failure, the kidneys may be able to regenerate and function properly again.

Relation

The relationship between a binge eating disorder and renal failure is an indirect one. The eating disorder will provide an imbalance of concentration between water and solutes in the blood. That in turn will make it easier for the solutes to form precipitates in the form of a kidney stone. If it slides into the ureter, the pressure caused in the kidney will gradually destroy the renal substance, leading to renal failure.

Treatment

Kidney Transplant

Sites/cites

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binge_eating_disorder

• http://www.mirror-mirror.org/binge.htm• BBC Life & Death series E.3. • Google Images• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal_failure#Sy

mptoms• http://www.ineed2know.org/kidney-stones.htm