Eating Disorders + T1D
Living with diabetes places a lot of focus on food, weight and body image. Sometimes, this can lead to an unhealthy relationship with food, disordered eating or possibly an eating disorder. If you’re experiencing these problems, you are not alone. There are many things you can do to change your relationship with food. - Source NDSS Australia
One eating disorder that is exclusive to Type 1 Diabetics which has been coined “Diabulima” is extremely dangerous and its when a Type 1 Diabetic reduces taking their insulin to lose weight.
If you don’t get any or enough insulin, your blood sugar levels won’t come down. This is very dangerous and it can send you into diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) – which can be fatal.
And if you regularly stop taking insulin for a long time, you will harm your body. You could lose your sight, damage your kidneys and damage the nerves in your feet. These are called diabetes complications. They can happen because high blood sugar levels are damaging your blood vessels. - Diabetes Org UK
Family's push for doctors to recognise 'diabulimia' as young woman tells of tragic toll Read here
🔺For more information or support please contact T1F or check out the resources below..
➡️ https://butterfly.org.au/get-support/helpline/
➡️ https://www.ndss.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fact-sheets/fact-sheet-diabetes-and-disordered-eating.pdf
➡️ https://www.facebook.com/groups/dedaAusNZ/?ref=share
➡️ https://www.facebook.com/bodyposibetes/
➡️ https://acbrd.org.au/webinar-session-3-type-1-diabetes-and-disordered-eating/
➡️ https://www.jdrf.org/t1d-resources/living-with-t1d/food-and-diet/eating-disorders/
➡️ https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/blog/eating-disorders-type-1-diabetes
➡️ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4002640/