Anorexia is a strong loss of appetite for emotional reasons, and, this is actually an eating disorder characterized by overwhelming fear from fat look. It is about unreasonable fight hunger not disapear even when thinness seriously endangers the life patients suffering from anorexia.
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Anorexia would be called disease of the mind. Begins with the desire to lose a few pounds continued reduction of food to a minimum, and in extreme cases - a person completely stops eating.
A person suffering from anorexia is starting to be obsessed with the image of his body and is often perceived themselves very thick though, in reality quite the opposite real situation.
People who live in a family with strong demands and expectations often suffer from anorexia. Anorexic people too often follows the trend of denial that they have a problem.
Sufferers have a weak level of confidence in the age of puberty and adolescence, the overall feeling can make hormonal changes, ideals and admiration slender people, Hollywood stars ...
Statistics
Anorexia usually occurs between 12 and 25 years of age and at 0.3 to 0.5% of young women, with about 1 percent of adolescents. More common in Western culture, the world of ballet and fashion.
Treatment
Part of therapy that will help in the treatment of this disease is psychotherapy, then the constant supervision of doctors, special customized diet, but therapy and healing are different from individual to individual as some are by no means ready to cooperate.
Hospitalization is required if a person loses more than 25% of their normal body weight.
Family support during treatment is very important, while the drug used mainly to boost appetite drugs, antidepressants ... If medical treatment fails, mortality will occur in a fifth of cases!
Symptoms
In addition to rapid weight loss, the simptomase notice fear of gaining weight, overdoing the exercise, constipation, dry skin, facial hair growth, hair loss, loss of menstrual cycle, sexual desires ...
In case you notice any of the symptoms of someone close to you, talk openly with her and point her to the doctor.
It is possible that you will be meeting with the denial and rejection, but stick with it because in the end - you can and should help!