Pain and temporomandibular disorders in patients with eating disorders

Abstract Orofacial pain and temporomandibular dysfunction may cause chronic facial pain, which may interfere with the emotional state and food intake of patients with eating disorders (ED), such as anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN). Sixty-four patients were assigned to four groups: Group A (AN – restricting subtype): 07; Group B (AN – purging subtype ): 19; Group C (BN): 16; and Group D (control): 22. Complaints of pain are more prevalent in individuals with eating disorders (p<0.004). There are differences between the presence of myofascial pain and the number of hospitalizations (p = 0.046) and the presence of sore throat (p=0.05). There was a higher prevalence of masticatory myofascial pain and complaints of pain in other parts of the body in ED patients; however, there was no difference between ED subgroups. There was no difference in the number of self-induced vomiting between ED patients with and without myofascial pain.

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Main Authors:	SOUZA,Samanta Pereira, ANTEQUERDDS,Reynaldo, ARATANGY,Eduardo Wagner, SIQUEIRA,Silvia Regina Dowgan Tesseroli, CORDÁS,Táki Athanássios, SIQUEIRA,José Tadeu Tesseroli
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica - SBPqO 2018
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242018000100240
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