Next Steps

Follow-up

• If you have specific disorders such as hypothyroidism, scleroderma, and lupus, you may require regular follow-ups with your health care provider.
  
  
• Elderly people with a history of fecal impaction and fecal incontinence should be followed regularly to ensure that they do not develop further attacks.
  
  
• Young people with anorexia nervosa need a team of specialists to assess and follow the underlying illness, as well as to provide support and education.