What is Anorexia ? by Louise Wasa
Self induced emotional eating disorder characterized by persistent loss of appetite is called anorexia. Excessive consciousness toward weight loss, counting calories and excessive exercises can lead to a severe emotional eating disorder called anorexia.
Some diagnosing signs and symptoms of anorexia are:
Excessive consideration to become thinner and thinner. Misperception of body shape and weight.
Fear of body weight gain and fat.
Persons suffering from anorexia do not feel the danger of denying food.
Calories, food, weight, fat grams and weight management are the most important factors of a person's life with anorexia.
What are the signs and symptoms of anorexia?
People who have anorexia love to live in secrecy so that no one can know about their condition. In this situation, it is very hard for doctors to properly diagnose them and treat them. Some of the common symptoms of anorexia are:
Dramatic weight loss. Excessive consciousness about figure and body image. Regular skipping of meals. Mostly eat selective foods, which are low in fat and calories. Good cook but try to avoid meal.
Usually wear loose clothes to hide thinness. Strong exercise regimen.
Skip social gatherings, especially dinner or lunch parties. In males decreased libido and in females irregular menstrual periods. What are the types of anorexia?
Basically there are two types of anorexia.
Restricting Anorexia (Classic Anorexia) - Person with restricting anorexia eats very little and loses weight due to excessive exercise and self or induced starvation. They possess less calories to perform body functions.
Purging Anorexia or Binge-Eating - Person with binge eating will perform self induced vomiting, diuretics, enemas and misuse of laxatives. Person shows signs of both bulimia and anorexia. More than 50% of the persons having anorexia might also get into bulimia.
What are the effects of anorexia?
Physical effects of anorexia
Some of the physical effects of anorexia are: Decreased immunity Hair loss Less resistance for heat Sleeplessness Chronic dehydration, which can even cause kidney failure Weakness and Fatigue In some rare cases you will notice the symptoms of low heart rate, low body temperature, heart trouble, low blood pressure, poor circulation, chronic anemia and even death.
Behavioral and Emotional effects of anorexia
During anorexia the following emotional and behavioral effects can occur:
Depression Irritability Bad memory and difficulty in concentrating Isolation from friends and family Emotional regression Feelings of guilt In some severe cases one can search a solution in the form of alcohol and drugs to handle negative outlook
Anorexia nervosa is a disease that one has to take very seriously. Often the symptoms show and become obvious for parents and doctors too late. This makes the treatment harder and in the worst case treatment will not work.
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mercredi 27 juin 2007
Bulimia nervosa-women problem
Bulimia nervosa-women problem by Groshan Fabiola
In remission within three months of treatment can be found between 60% and 80% of patients. About 10% to 25% of patients have bulimia itself and many of these patients are women, which continue to battle disordered eating habits for years. Unfortunately relapse is common for bulimia.
Bulimic people with normal weight and do not go on to become anorexic have major health problems so in case of adolescent patients with anorexia had found abnormal heart rhythms but not in case of patients with bulimia. A great danger is for patients which have bulimia and anorexia. Health problems and serious risks appear in this case.
With bulimia can be associated some medical problems like: teeth erosion, cavities, and gum problems, water retention, swelling, and abdominal bloating, fluid loss with low potassium levels which occur from excessive vomiting or laxative use but in severe cases it can cause extreme weakness, near paralysis, or lethal heart rhythms, acute stomach distress, rupture of the esophagus, or food pipe, problems in swallowing caused by repetitive assaults on the esophagus (the food pipe) from forced vomiting.
Other medical problems can be irregular menstrual periods and rarely weakened rectal walls that requires surgery. Although may appear many complications like cesarean sections, postpartum depression, miscarriages and complicated deliveries, healthy pregnancies are met to pregnant women with a history of eating disorder. In this case their babies can have a higher risk for low birth weight, prematurity, and malformation.
This disease presents some self-destructive behaviors. So many teenage girls with eating disorders smoke because they thought that in this way can be prevented weight gain. Impulsive behaviors, like sexual promiscuity, self-cutting, and kleptomania are met in half of women who present bulimia . Alcohol, drugs or both are consumed by 30% to 70% of patients with bulimia, rate which is higher than for the general population and in people with anorexia. Reports of bulimia shows that substance abuse is lower than in people with anorexia.
Usually women with bulimia abuse over-the-counter medications which cause vomiting like laxatives, appetite suppressants, diuretics, and drugs (e.g., ipecac). These drugs can have some risks. For example have been reported ipecac poisonings and dependence on laxatives for normal bowel functioning. Also the diet pills can be risky if they are abused.
Unfortunately many women, and especially teenage girls suffer of bulimia because they consider that losing weight is a good thing.Unfortunately they do not realize that they are risking their lives.
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For more resources regarding pro anorexia or anorexia please review this website http://www.anorexia-center.com
In remission within three months of treatment can be found between 60% and 80% of patients. About 10% to 25% of patients have bulimia itself and many of these patients are women, which continue to battle disordered eating habits for years. Unfortunately relapse is common for bulimia.
Bulimic people with normal weight and do not go on to become anorexic have major health problems so in case of adolescent patients with anorexia had found abnormal heart rhythms but not in case of patients with bulimia. A great danger is for patients which have bulimia and anorexia. Health problems and serious risks appear in this case.
With bulimia can be associated some medical problems like: teeth erosion, cavities, and gum problems, water retention, swelling, and abdominal bloating, fluid loss with low potassium levels which occur from excessive vomiting or laxative use but in severe cases it can cause extreme weakness, near paralysis, or lethal heart rhythms, acute stomach distress, rupture of the esophagus, or food pipe, problems in swallowing caused by repetitive assaults on the esophagus (the food pipe) from forced vomiting.
Other medical problems can be irregular menstrual periods and rarely weakened rectal walls that requires surgery. Although may appear many complications like cesarean sections, postpartum depression, miscarriages and complicated deliveries, healthy pregnancies are met to pregnant women with a history of eating disorder. In this case their babies can have a higher risk for low birth weight, prematurity, and malformation.
This disease presents some self-destructive behaviors. So many teenage girls with eating disorders smoke because they thought that in this way can be prevented weight gain. Impulsive behaviors, like sexual promiscuity, self-cutting, and kleptomania are met in half of women who present bulimia . Alcohol, drugs or both are consumed by 30% to 70% of patients with bulimia, rate which is higher than for the general population and in people with anorexia. Reports of bulimia shows that substance abuse is lower than in people with anorexia.
Usually women with bulimia abuse over-the-counter medications which cause vomiting like laxatives, appetite suppressants, diuretics, and drugs (e.g., ipecac). These drugs can have some risks. For example have been reported ipecac poisonings and dependence on laxatives for normal bowel functioning. Also the diet pills can be risky if they are abused.
Unfortunately many women, and especially teenage girls suffer of bulimia because they consider that losing weight is a good thing.Unfortunately they do not realize that they are risking their lives.
About the Author
For more resources regarding pro anorexia or anorexia please review this website http://www.anorexia-center.com
Behavioral maladies: bulimia and anorexia
Behavioral maladies: bulimia and anorexia by Groshan Fabiola
Eating disorders are associated with emotional and personality disorders and even with a biologic susceptibility, and a culture in which there is an overabundance of food and obsession with thinness. The general categories of eating disorders are: bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa and binge eating.
Bulimia nervosa have been found in medieval writings as self-starvation. It is more common than anorexia and it begins early in adolescence. It is characterized by cycles of bingeing and purging and takes the following pattern: bulimia is triggered when young women attempt restrictive diets. Patients are taking laxatives, diet pills or drugs to reduce fluids.
Patients revert to severe dieting, excessive exercise or both. Patients with bulimia average about 14 episodes of binge-purging per week. However a patient must binge and purge at least twice a week for three months to be diagnosed with bulimia. The body weight may fluctuate by more than 10 pounds because of the binge-pure cycle.
An aversion to food that leads to a state of starvation and emaciation is called anorexia nervosa which includes: normal body weight with about 15%-60%, an intense fear of gaining weight, even he or she is severely underweight and the distorted image of the weight and shape. The people with anorexia are called also anorexia restrictors or anorexic bulimic patients.
Anorexia restrictors reduce their weight by severe dieting while anorexic bulimic patients maintain emaciation by purging. Literally anorexia means absence of appetite. For example severe anorexia is common in the elderly. Anorexia nervosa is another kind of anorexia called psychological disorder. Compulsively over eating is also called binge eating and means becoming overweight.
A person suffering from binge-eating disorder has the following characteristics: bingeing at least twice a week for six months, consuming 5,000 to 15,000 calories in one sitting, eating three meals a day plus frequent snacks, over eating continually throughout the day, rather than consuming large amounts of food during binges.
Binge-eating disorder is associated with weight gain. Another category of eating disorders are not otherwise specified (NOS) disorders. It has been established to define eating disorders not specifically defined as anorexia or bulimia. NOS includes the following: infrequent binge-purge episodes, repeated chewing and spitting without swallowing large amounts of food and normal weight and anorexic behavior.
Bulimia and anorexia are the most common disorders nowadays but fortunately a variety of techniques and modalities improved a lot so people can be helped.
About the Author
For more resources regarding anorexia or pro anorexia please review this website http://www.anorexia-center.com
Eating disorders are associated with emotional and personality disorders and even with a biologic susceptibility, and a culture in which there is an overabundance of food and obsession with thinness. The general categories of eating disorders are: bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa and binge eating.
Bulimia nervosa have been found in medieval writings as self-starvation. It is more common than anorexia and it begins early in adolescence. It is characterized by cycles of bingeing and purging and takes the following pattern: bulimia is triggered when young women attempt restrictive diets. Patients are taking laxatives, diet pills or drugs to reduce fluids.
Patients revert to severe dieting, excessive exercise or both. Patients with bulimia average about 14 episodes of binge-purging per week. However a patient must binge and purge at least twice a week for three months to be diagnosed with bulimia. The body weight may fluctuate by more than 10 pounds because of the binge-pure cycle.
An aversion to food that leads to a state of starvation and emaciation is called anorexia nervosa which includes: normal body weight with about 15%-60%, an intense fear of gaining weight, even he or she is severely underweight and the distorted image of the weight and shape. The people with anorexia are called also anorexia restrictors or anorexic bulimic patients.
Anorexia restrictors reduce their weight by severe dieting while anorexic bulimic patients maintain emaciation by purging. Literally anorexia means absence of appetite. For example severe anorexia is common in the elderly. Anorexia nervosa is another kind of anorexia called psychological disorder. Compulsively over eating is also called binge eating and means becoming overweight.
A person suffering from binge-eating disorder has the following characteristics: bingeing at least twice a week for six months, consuming 5,000 to 15,000 calories in one sitting, eating three meals a day plus frequent snacks, over eating continually throughout the day, rather than consuming large amounts of food during binges.
Binge-eating disorder is associated with weight gain. Another category of eating disorders are not otherwise specified (NOS) disorders. It has been established to define eating disorders not specifically defined as anorexia or bulimia. NOS includes the following: infrequent binge-purge episodes, repeated chewing and spitting without swallowing large amounts of food and normal weight and anorexic behavior.
Bulimia and anorexia are the most common disorders nowadays but fortunately a variety of techniques and modalities improved a lot so people can be helped.
About the Author
For more resources regarding anorexia or pro anorexia please review this website http://www.anorexia-center.com
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