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Anorexia - the Risks, Causes and Types

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




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