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The jury is still out on what led to the tragic death of the 32 year-old actress, Brittany Murphy. It isn't a surprise that the media is already speculating that an eating disorder may be a possible cause of her death. It's been rumored (although not confirmed) that Brittany has struggled with bulimia and drug use possibly to control her weight. One can't help but notice her shrinking frame and frail appearance in recent years. It has been a far cry from her healthier appearance in the movie, "Clueless." Read More
Terri Schiavo did not have an eating disorder
More than enough people have heard the rumor that Terri Schiavo had bulimia. It was proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that she never had an eating disorder. Her family, her doctors, and her estranged husband have all stated (some under oath) that she never had an eating disorder. When Dr. Thogmartin performed the autopsy, he uncovered the final indisputable proof that she never had an eating disorder.
Facts are stubborn things.
Denial is stubborn as well.
Denial is stubborn as well.
People often deny that they have eating disorders themselves, and people deny that their loved ones have eating disorders. And coroners will not put cause of death as eating disorder in most cases. Autopsies probably won't be able to tell that someone had an eating disorder.
I'm not sure where you are looking, but if you could post a link to support your statement that would be nice. Every single place I look reports that she was in fact suffering from bulimia.
It is so important to
It is so important to emphasize that you can have an eating disorder at any size. The most recognized physical manifestation of an ED, severe underweight or emaciation, is an outward manifestation of a life-threatening mental illness. The normal weight person with an ED can be as severely affected emotionally and mentally as the underweight person. This is a serious mental illness and you cannot tell by looking at someone whether or not they are suffering from an ED.
Schiavo death report ruled inconclusive
Then those sources are just going off rumor; they need to read the death report on her and get the facts straight.
I read the death report on Terri Schiavo, which stated there were no conclusive indications showing she had any kind of eating disorder.
Read it here: http://www.sptimes.com/2005/06/15/schiavoreport.pdf
Tell tale signs are tooth erosion, intestine and stomach lining and esophageal tissue scarring and heart damage. The autopsy turned up none of these red flags (heart was described as 'anatomically normal' pg. 31). The people who knew her the best, family and friends, could give no scenarios where they saw her binge or purge her food or take diet pills (pg.28-29). The only place an ED ever showed as a possible cause of death was from outside sources, and it was just mostly theory.
Until Brittany's docs deliver a report on her, it's no one's place to assume anything. Let the experts do their job first.
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