Anorexia -is a mental disorder for which there is a pathological desire to lose weight due to the panic of obesity. Denial of food intake in anorexia cause largely feeling of low self-esteem.
Most often suffer from anorexia nervosa, adolescent girls, however, this problem can affect people of all ages, including men. Anorexia is consciously practiced girls as an effective tool for weight loss. With all the inconveniences it features a complete absence of material costs, which are normally associated with trendy diets and medications.
Patients with anorexia are often unaware of their disease. Moreover, many of them even in the apparent lack of weight firmly convinced that suffer from excess body fat. It is noteworthy that as the desire to lose weight fast with anorexia only increases. The patient asserts itself watching its own ability to refuse food. The ability to reduce weight is regarded as an indicator of internal discipline.
The main signs of anorexia:
Progressive weight loss.
Fear of fullness in the underweight.
The desire to lose weight in the apparent lack of weight.
Refrain from eating, under various pretexts.
Obsessed with thoughts of food and counting calories.
Feelings of guilt from the awareness of food intake.
Increased irritability or indifference.
Fainting or dizziness.
Feeling cold in consequence of poor circulation.
Growth of fine downy hair all over hisbody.
Reduced sexual activity.
Failure to recognize the problem.
What is the reason?
The main causes of anorexia nervosa are usually specified mental or psychosocial reasons. It's all sorts of teenagedepression soil problems of identification, or unrequited love. Also anorexia may develop in psychosis and, in particular, schizophrenia. In other words, the disease usually develops on the basis of the internal conflict of personality with social attitudes.
However, there are and physiological prerequisites for the development of anorexia. Such as hormonal imbalance as a consequence of a brain tumor.
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