| A more and more common disease in the XXI | | | | consequences they have to deal with. |
| century, anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder | | | | The most specific symptom of Anorexia Nervosa is |
| manifesting itself in the mind of the pacient, cousing | | | | that the pacient refuses to maintain a healthy body |
| them to think they are always overweight. Begining at | | | | weight in comaparasin with other people the same |
| puberty, when self awareness usually apears in | | | | build and age. |
| teenagers, it tends to gradually become more and | | | | Fear of gaining weight is a serious problem for |
| more severe even if the individual is loosing a | | | | anorexic individuals making them act in a drastic way, |
| considerable amount of body weight... up to 20% of | | | | continuing to starve them selves even if they are in a |
| the initial weight, cousing them to be hospitalized to | | | | very precarious situation. In their opinion their body |
| prevent starvation or even death. | | | | weight is thightly related to the image that other people |
| Anorexia Nervosa pacients show an astonishing | | | | have of them, thus the concept the slimer the |
| determination to acomplish that which in their mind is | | | | better.The seriousness of the problems that they have |
| the perfect body, thus resisting terrible hunger pains, | | | | eludes them actually, rendering them incapable of |
| even if they are literally only skin and bones. The fact | | | | evaluating their own body weight from an objectiv |
| that they might gain weight is a serious problem for | | | | point of view, making the fact that they need a doctor |
| them, making them even more determined not to eat. | | | | even more obvious. |
| One of the weirdest things about Anorexic people is | | | | In women that might be suffering from Anorexia |
| that they prepare big feasts for others, refusing to | | | | missing three consecutive menstruating cycles is a |
| take part or even eating in front of other people. | | | | very serious symptom that must be taken in |
| Weight and food are real obssesions for them, making | | | | consideration. This only adds to the evidence that the |
| them take strict and exousting exercises routines. | | | | pacient must be hospitalized. Only after treatment and |
| Very severe problems may affect women and men: | | | | hormone administration would the woman pacient be |
| impotents in the case of men and irregular | | | | menstruating again. |
| menstruatind periods for women are one of the many | | | | |