[Female athlete triad].
The practitioner, as well as specialist such as gynecologist and endocrinologist, may face in their office women with eating disorders, abnormalities of menstrual cycles and low bone mass, which may be the first hints of the female athlete triad. In these situations, the practitioner may search other findings of these triad by looking at some particular physical findings and by using appropriate questionnaire. In some advanced forms of this triad specific abnormalities of eating disorders (anorexia and boulimia) may be present as well as amenorrhea and osteoporosis, which may disturb the well-being and cause health damages of women practising sport either as amateur or in a elite setting. An appropriate handling of such disorders has to be proposed to these women.
Portmann
Luc
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Service d'endocrinologie, diabétologie et métabolisme, Département de médecine, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. Luc.Portmann@chuv.ch
Giusti
Vittorio
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D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D015519:Bone Density; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D053716:Female Athlete Triad Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000209:etiology; D010808:Physical Examination; D013177:Sports; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016387:Women's Health