| Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder,
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| | There also exists the suspicion that
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| but it must be said that it is also a
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| | anorexia is caused by a dysfunction in
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| psychological disorder. The person having
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| | the part of the brain which regulates
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| anorexia is preoccupied to lose weight,
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| | certain metabolic processes.
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| and in time, this persons starts to
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| | People that have anorexia deny this
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| believe that the weight loss is a sign of
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| | problem, they want to hide the symptoms,
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| control over the body. Then, the one
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| | that's why it is complicated to diagnose
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| affected by anorexia continues with an
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| | this disease. In many times, the family
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| endless cycle of restrictive eating, and
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| | members see that there is a great weight
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| this can lead finally to self-
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| | loss, and ask for medical help, but the
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| starvation. This cycle becomes an
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| | one who has anorexia may be unreliable in
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| obsession.
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| | terms of providing accurate information,
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| It was seen that women are the most
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| | that's why in many cases the doctor needs
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| affected by this illness, especially
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| | to obtain information from the others
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| adolescent girls. Anorexia is more common
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| | members of the family in order to
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| in middle and upper socioeconomic groups,
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| | evaluate the degree of weight loss and
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| and the Caucasians are the most often
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| | extent of the disorder.
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| affected people.
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| | There are four basic criteria for the
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| At this moment, science can't explain
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| | diagnosis of anorexia nervosa and we can
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| which is the exact cause of anorexia, but
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| | mention the denial to maintain a body
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| there are a few factors that seem to be
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| | weight according to the age and height,
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| responsible. Because the modern society
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| | permanent fear of gaining weight and
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| associated the concept of "beauty" with
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| | becoming fat, a distorted self-
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| "thin", many women are under the pressure
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| | perception, and in women who begun their
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| to be thin and attractive, and for that,
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| | menstrual cycle, at least three
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| they begin dieting and starving. Also,
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| | consecutive periods are missed or
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| seems that a low self -esteem is another
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| | menstrual periods occur only after a
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| cause that can lead to anorexia.
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| | hormone is administered.
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| Some researchers say that there is a
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| | There are two types of anorexia: the
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| genetic component that may play a role in
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| | binge eating/purging type and the
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| determining a person's susceptibility to
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| | restricting type.
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| anorexia, and others suggest that this
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| | The person having the first type engages
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| illness can result from a particular
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| | in binge eating or purging behavior,
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| dysfunction often seen in families of
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| | which means it includes self-induced
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| anorexia patients. In this type of
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| | vomiting, misuse of laxatives, diuretics,
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| dysfunction, family members become so
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| | or enemas.
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| interdependent, that they cannot achieve
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| | The one who has the second type severely
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| their own personality, so children,
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| | restricts food intake.
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| especially girls take a restrictive diet
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| | It is very important for us to understand
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| to prevent growing up, in their thinking
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| | that there are different persons having
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| that restricts the maturational process,
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| | different bodies, and we mustn't get
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| and they will be forever in the
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| | obsessed by the so called "perfect
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| parent-child relationship.
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| | bodies" imposed by the modern society.
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