Editing Anorexia (symptom) (section)

==Complications==
Complications of anorexia may result due to poor food intake. Poor food intake can lead to [[dehydration]], [[electrolyte imbalance]]s, [[anemia]] and [[Malnutrition|nutritional deficiencies]]. These imbalances will worsen the longer that food is avoided.<ref name=":2"/>

===Sudden cardiac death===
Anorexia is a relatively common condition that can lead patients to have dangerous electrolyte imbalances, leading to acquired [[long QT syndrome]] which can result in [[sudden cardiac death]]. This can develop over a prolonged period of time, and the risk is further heightened when feeding resumes after a period of abstaining from consumption.<ref name=":0"/>

=== Refeeding syndrome ===
Care must be taken when a patient begins to eat after prolonged starvation to avoid the potentially fatal complications of [[refeeding syndrome]]. The initial signs of refeeding syndrome are minimal, but can rapidly progress to death. Thus, the reinitiation of food or oral intake is usually started slowly and requires close observation under supervision by trained healthcare professionals. This is usually done in a hospital or nutritional rehabilitation center.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|last1=Jáuregui-Garrido|first1=B.|last2=Jáuregui-Lobera|first2=I.|title=Sudden death in eating disorders|journal=Vascular Health and Risk Management|date=2012|volume=8|pages=91–98|pmid=22393299|pmc=3292410|doi=10.2147/VHRM.S28652 |doi-access=free }}</ref>