Anorexia Nervosa - Symptoms & Treatment

Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a minimally accepted body weight, intense fear of weight gain, and distorted body imagethat manly affect girlsand womens. Anorexia nervosa is an illness that usually occurs in teenage girls, but it can also occur in teenage boys, and adult women and men. Anorexia nervosa essential features of this disorder include an intense fear of gaining weight, a distorted body image, and amenorrhea. A person with this disorder has an intense fear of gaining weight and limits the food.

Symptoms of Anorexia nervosa

The main symptoms of anorexia nervosa has low body weight. Depression is common in patients suffering from this disorder. The symptoms are below:

• Patients look like a thinner
• Have a bowel movement and diet pills
• Excessive exercise
• Avoid foods and counts calories
• Wear heavy clothes to hide their diseases.
• Always conversion on the food and weight
• misses three (menstrual) periods in a row—for girls/women who have started having their periods.
• Depressed or moody

Causes of Anorexia nervosa

Girls and young women with anorexia usually stop having menstrual periods. People with anorexia have dry skin and thinning hair on the head. The exact cause of anorexia nervosa is not known, but social attitudes towards body appearance and family factors are believed to play a role in its development. Severe anorexia is a serious health problem. There is no only one cause of anorexia. Anger, stress and anxiety also causes of anorexia. The other causes are below:

• Culture
• Change in lifestyles and stressful events
• Personal feelings
• Biology.
• History of family.

Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa

Treatment of Anorexia nervosa's patients must want to change and must have family and friends to help them. The biggest challenge in treating anorexia nervosa is having the person recognize that their eating behavior is itself a problem, not a solution to other problems the more useful treatment are below :

• You should tell your friend about signs and symptoms that you noticed in his or her. If you think these signs and symptoms of any disease, suggest your friend- go to a good health care provider.
• You should avoid conflicts with your friend and again and again repeat your reasons and feelings until he admit his problem.
• You should express your support and show that you want her to be happy and healthy.
• Don't place blame, shame and guilt on patient who has anorexia. You should be honest and open to talk about this disease.