| Many persons may think wrongly it is not possible to | | | | reaction of physical conditions; the way they know to |
| become too thin. A very frightening thought is that | | | | solve the problems fails to help and the self-image |
| many teenagers especially girls look for ways how to | | | | tends to deteriorate continuously. The vicious cycle |
| become anorexic, many more than ones trying to get | | | | causing the problems must be interrupted in time and |
| help. Anorexia nervosa is a dangerous and hard to kill | | | | can be interrupted but usually only with help of the |
| condition and can be life-threatening. It is an addiction to | | | | family and friends. |
| losing weight and not to food in particularly, it becomes | | | | Anorexic start by avoiding food and creating a serious |
| an obsession and patients are extremely concerned | | | | imbalance to all vital systems of the body and causes |
| about how they look and about the imperative need to | | | | an extreme pathological fatigue. In advanced forms it |
| loose weight. By considering yourself fat you deny the | | | | creates an imbalance in the relations of sufferers with |
| real issues and problems in your emotional life and also | | | | family, friends and tends to highly deteriorate the |
| tend to deny the problem instead of solving it. | | | | physical condition; the symptoms become more and |
| Some specialists seem to think the cause of anorexia | | | | more serious as the vicious cycle is not interrupted. |
| is nutrition, others talk about a genital inclination to | | | | The chronic condition resembles a terminal cancer |
| become anorexic, some say its caused by the | | | | when the body is forced to use all the reserves |
| upbringing, some see it as a complication of a brain | | | | remaining to maintain the vital functions. General |
| chemical imbalance. Most of the specialists agree to | | | | symptoms of the disorder are hypertension, stress, |
| the idea that the poor self-esteem is at the bases of | | | | asthma, muscular and cardio-vascular problems. If not |
| developing anorexia; patients seem to see themselves | | | | cured in time, anorexia can produce unstoppable |
| as very fat even if their weight is normal or under the | | | | damages to vital organs and cause death. |
| average weight of the age and height. The feeling of | | | | Self -image is especially important for teenagers who |
| imperfection, emptiness and unworthiness leads the | | | | are very sensitive to physical image and can fall into all |
| anorexia sufferers to desperate measures for | | | | kinds of addiction anytime. Anyone who realizes its |
| improving their image so they can feel better about | | | | anorexic like problems must know help is available in |
| themselves. | | | | many aspects. Do not hesitate to seek professional |
| Diets and excessive exercise fails to improve the | | | | help if you notice any changes in your eating habits. |
| mental problems and risks to start a new chain | | | | |