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.
Subject(s)
Anorexia Nervosa/epidemiology , Bulimia Nervosa/epidemiology , Facial Pain/epidemiology , Temporomandibular Joint Disorders/epidemiology , Adult , Analysis of Variance , Anorexia Nervosa/physiopathology , Brazil/epidemiology , Bulimia Nervosa/physiopathology , Chronic Pain/epidemiology , Chronic Pain/physiopathology , Cross-Sectional Studies , Facial Pain/physiopathology , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Prevalence , Severity of Illness Index , Statistics, Nonparametric , Surveys and Questionnaires , Temporomandibular Joint Disorders/physiopathology , Young AdultABSTRACT
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.
