Anorexia Nervosa

Introduction
Some girls avoid eating anything in order to avoid gaining excess weight, whereas they are already under weight. Not only girls sometimes other people are also observed behaving similarly. These conditions indicate that the person is suffering from anorexia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder due to mental disorders. Usually people who are suffering from it are under weight to a very vast extent. According to the condition if anorexia nervosa is not treated for long it can be dangerous and life threatening. Mortality rate in this regard is higher than in any other mental disease. This is basically the mental sickness whose reaction can be seen as a change in eating habits. Rate of mortality is 4 out of 100,000. The result of mortality can be suicide or starvation. Sometimes this condition is automatically overcome by the patient after a short while but its course is variable.

Causes
The main cause of anorexia nervosa is mental sickness or mental disorder which results in eating disorders. This disorder of eating habits can be inherited from the parents or in some cases it can be due to change in neurological hormones balance. As yet, there has been no evident cause found so far. Sometimes social cultural and biological aspects affect the person’s mental state. Media is playing an important role to promote this eating disorder by showing advertisements for sliming medicines and provoking women to become like models who are usually very thin. It is quit possible if a girl’s class mate or a close friend is dieting she would also go for it. Sometimes if the parents once were in a habit of doing so then the children inherit the same from the parents. People who are suffering from anorexia think of them selves to be deprived and have low self images for themselves.

Risk Factors
Usually young women between the ages of 12-25, are victims of anorexia nervosa. 3% of the women experience it every year. People who suffer from mental sickness want to be different and be unique. In order to achieve their targets they want to become noticeably thin. It is more common in women than men. It is usually noted in people who are in early adolescence age.

Symptoms & Signs

The greatest symptom of anorexia is fear of excess weight although the patient is under weight.
The person may be 85% under weight but still does not want to maintain the normal body weight.
Although they are extremely thin, they still consider themselves fat.
They usually are found to be on diet
They do a lot of heavy exercise in order to minimize their weight.
Women experience 3 consecutive periods.
Men experience low sex hormones production.
These people don’t accept that they are under weight and deny gaining normal weight.
They try to vomit if they think that they have eaten more than their requirement.
They have less tolerance and feel irritated all the time.
They can also suffer from depression and anxiety.
They lack in sexual desires.
They follow strict rules about eating.
They usually have yellow or pale skin
They usually have low blood pressure.
Constipation can be followed.
They can experience alopecia due to starving.
The whole body suffers from malnutrition.
Eye sight can also be affected because of anorexia.

Diagnosis
The diagnosis can be made easily by the patient’s physical and mental condition. A thorough check up is necessary to find out the actual cause in order to treat them. Urinalysis and ECG can be of help in diagnosing the disease.

Prevention
The most important prevention is to seek counseling. Face the facts and truth about their weight. Encouraging healthy activities and emphasize on good diet. Don’t ignore the children in any case, as it can force them to adopt weird ways to get your attention.

Treatment
As this disease is generated due to mental disorder the patient needs counseling to improve the health and under lying cause can also be treated in this way. Anorexia needs proper treatment because if it is not treated in time it can have severe affects on heartbeat and other organs of the body. Group therapy is also used to treat patients with this condition. Individual psychotherapy is also done to cure the mental sickness.

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Dietary Guidelines

the sufferer persists on low diet; try to keep the diet less in quantity but rich in nutrition so as to cover the deficits.
Junk food as well as calorie rich food should be avoided.
Breakfast has immense importance. If you ant to skip eating skip the lunch not the breakfast.
Improve the chewing habits and eat slowly to digest the food.
Don’t restrict children to eat anything.

Home Care Suggestions

You should encourage your children and take care that they have adequate amount of food intake.
If the child is dieting discourage him to do so. Tell them that they look pale because of this and they can lose their beauty in doing so.
Teach your children that the media is just promoting false ideas.
Help your child in building up their good self image.

Mind/Body Considerations
See that your daily diet is appropriate and up to the level of hygiene. Keep your home environment friendly and peaceful. Let your children practice the ways of life as they want, just make them aware of the facts and figures.

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