Different eating disorders affect the heart differently, said Mehler, who also is a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. In people with anorexia, malnutrition and weight loss can cause the heart muscle to shrink and the heart rate to slow, a condition known as bradycardia in which the heart rate is less than 60 beats per minute at rest. Anorexia also can cause other abnormal heart rhythms.
Disruptions brought on by travel, stress and food-filled celebrations can "really wreak havoc on people's self-management of their diabetes," said Dr. Cecilia Low Wang, a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine in Aurora.
"I would say on average, we're looking at somewhere between 4% to 25% of kids who have had a SARS-CoV-2 infection go on to have symptoms of long COVID," said Rao, who also is an associate professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. However, "it's a very difficult question to answer, just because different groups are exploring this in slightly different ways, with different definitions."
