how many years can a sufferer of anorexia live?

my sister has been anorexic for 30 years!

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Firstly, I'm so sorry to hear that your sister has struggled with anorexia for so long. It's very difficult to have to watch a loved one struggle with an eating disorder.

The likelihood of death in anorexia depends on several things. These include chronicity (how long the person has struggled), the severity of the illness (how severe their caloric restriction is, if they use diet pills, if they also overexercize, use laxatives, purge, etc), and how their body has reacted to it (severity of medical problems, etc). Sometimes people with chronic anorexia commit suicide, so suicidality is also a factor. I hope your sister is getting help. :(

And I hope that YOU have support for you. You deserve it.

Below are some helpful links on eating disorders.

http://www.something-fishy.org
http://www.edreferral.com/
http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

pl.check- ezanga.com
If the anorexia is hard, the person will die soon.
It depends on the severity, like if they are 10-15 pounds overweight, or extremely emaciated.
a lot of people battle with this disease, some will not accept help or admit to their problems.

if they are very mal-nutritioned, the body eats on itslef, eating away on the muscle, if all the fat has gone, then it works it way through the bones and the organs, so it might end up with serious problems!

if they will not go for help, it is very hard for us from the outside to help, talk with your sister and tell her how serious it is, get her to admit the problem and seek professional help.

She is lucky she has lived 30 years with something as serious as this.
hope this is of use. good luck
Well, my mother in law is about 65, and she's barely 90 lbs. and fits most of the symptoms of anorexia (has for as long as I've known her); she isn't diagnosed (refuses to see professionals about it), and she manages to gain weight occasionally (most I've ever known her to weigh is about 110 lbs.) , but she always loses it again if any mental upset obtrudes. It's a very unhealthy lifestyle and is attended by other unhealthy compulsive behaviors, but one can survive for a long time with this condition under certain circumstances.
It depends on the person & the kind of help/support they have. One of my friends was hospitalized against her will, received therapy & she's fine now. Another died at 49. She refused all offers of help.
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