According to the Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review’s article on the female athlete triad, in the past forty years, American women have become increasingly involved in athletics as a result of laws allowing them to participate in sports. (Lebrun and Rumball) For instance, Cathy Rigby won eight Olympic gold medals in gymnastics during the ‘60’s and 70’s when these laws were just coming into effect. (Brunet) Nevertheless, there is an ugly hidden underbelly to the many benefits of women’s increased
Many people believe that eating disorders are a product of the twentieth century, brought on by teenage girls aspiring to be supermodels like Cindy Crawford. Although such pressures are precipitating factors to many eating disorders, doctors diagnosed patients with anorexia as early as 1689 (Spignesi 7). One early example of anorexia is present in the novel Jane Eyre. Written in the mid-nineteenth century by Charlotte Brontë, this book describes a young girl whose personality bears striking similarities
The female athlete triad consists of three parts; disordered eating i.e. anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis. “Originally termed ‘female athlete triad,’ the name was derived at a meeting led by members of the American College of Sports Medicine in the early 1990s” (Kazis & Iglesias). The meeting was held due to an alarming increase in stress fracture rates, decrease in bone mineral density, and menstrual dysfunction. In 1972, the passage of Title IX was passed that
depression - Seizures - Tachycardia, palpitations, cardiac arrhythmias, angina pectoris, chest pain - Myopathy, muscle cramps and weakness eyelid lag - Diarrhoea, vomiting, weight loss, malabsorption - Alopecia, hyper-pigmentation - Amenorrhoea, menstrualirre gularities, decreased libido, gynaecomastia ( male) - Decreased glucose tolerance Nursing consideration to Maddy’s situation: - Assess apical pulse and blood pressure prior the medication is taken and during therapy as well
Cushing’s syndrome is a disorder resulting from a prolonged exposure to high levels of glucocorticoids. It is subdivided into two groups based on the cause of the hypercortisolism, either adrenocorticotropic (ACTH) -dependent or –independent.1 ACTH-independent is usually caused by the use of exogenous glucocorticoid therapy 2 or from autonomous cortisol secretion by the adrenal glands.1 The most common cause of endogenous ACTH-independent Cushing’s syndrome is caused by autonomous adrenal overproduction
As our society is bombarded with the images of manufactured beauty and “thinness”, conversations increasingly center on dieting and body dissatisfaction. The media advertises weight loss products in the form of pills, drinks, surgery, fitness equipment and support groups to mold individuals into the proposed ideal form. This evidence alone suggests a strong case for the possibility of a pathological fear of fat. Is this fear, however, the driving force behind all cases of anorexia nervosa and
The Social and Ethical Implications of Assisted Reproductive Technologies Test tube babies have long been stigmatized by society as the unnatural results of scientific dabbling. The words `test tube baby' have been used by school children as an insult, and many adults have seen an artificial means of giving birth as something perhaps only necessary for a lesbian woman, or a luxury item only available to the elite few. The reality is that assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have been helping