Eating disorders that are not officially classed as mental health disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ...Weusecookiestoenhanceyourexperience.Bycontinuingtobrowsethissiteyouagreetoouruseofcookies.Moreinfo.AcceptCookieSettingsWhatDoesaDiagnosisofEatingDisorderNotOtherwiseSpecified(EDNOS)Mean?DownloadPDFCopyByDeborahFields,B.Sc.ReviewedbyDr.TomislavMeštrović,MD,Ph.D.EatingdisordersthatarenotofficiallyclassedasmentalhealthdisordersintheDiagnosticandStatisticalManualofMentalDisorders(DSM)havebeenplacedinacatchallcategory‘EatingDisordersNotOtherwiseSpecified’(EDNOS),priorto2013.ThetermofOtherSpecificFeedingorEatingDisorder(OFSED)isalsonowusedtoacknowledgeaneatingdisorderthatcancausethepatientsignificantdistressorimpairmentbutisnotclassifiedasoneofthekeydefinedeatingdisorders.Inotherwords,theydonotreachthecriteriaofthedefineddisorders.Theterminologydoesnotattemptinanywaytolessentheexperienceofthepatientwhohasanalternativeeatingdisorder.Otherdisordersarestillrecognizedasimportantandcausesofdistresstopatientsresultinginseriousimpacttotheirlives,healthandrelationshipswithotherpeople.Forexample,apersonwithmanyofthesymptomsofanorexiamaystillhaveaneatingdisorderbutitmaynotfitthecriteriaofthespecificclassifieddisorders.EatingDisorders-NotOtherwiseSpecifiedDiagnosisPlaySignsthatapersonissufferingfromEDNOSTherearemanysymptomsthatcancontributetothediagnosisofaneatingdisordersuchasthoselistedbelow:Changestotheimmunesystem:Theimmunesystemmaybeimpairedduetotheimpactoftheeatingdisorder.Interrelationshipsamongcytokines,cortisolandleptin(whicharemediatorsandhormonesfrequentlyalteredinsucheatingdisorders)playanimportantroleinthepathogenesisofthedisease.Damagefromvomiting:Patientswhovomitonaregularbasiscanriskrupturingtheiresophagusorstomach.Thepersonmayalsodeveloppuffycheeks.Theappearanceoftheteethcanalsobeaffected,astheycanbecomediscoloredorclear.Extremechangesinweight:Significantweightchangescanbeasignthatsomeonehasaneatingdisorder.Osteoporosis:Eatingdi