Eating Disorder Treatment and Symptoms - Eating disorders are characterized by persistent difficulty concerning food intake and abnormal desire to lose weight and of preoccupation with thoughts about weight and body shape. The most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
Anyone who has anorexia nervosa can have such a low weight because of self-starvation to normal biological functions can not be maintained, such as menstruation. Important psychological characteristic is the fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, disturbed body image and self esteem are very dependent on weight and body shape. Even if you weigh too little often perceive themselves as overweight. Causes of the disease is both psychological and biological. Difficult periods or events like puberty, death or family crisis can also trigger anorexia.
Bulimia nervosa is an
eating disorder characterized by binge eating and try to get rid of the man eaten, usually by vomiting or using laxatives. As with anorexia nervosa may be a strong fear of gaining weight and self-esteem can be very dependent on weight and body shape.
Eating Disorder Symptoms
Psychiatric
symptoms of eating disorder can be:
- Weight phobia
- Disturbed body image
- slimming Fixation
- Matfixering
- Difficulty concentrating
- depression
- Insomnia leads to tiredness
- impaired judgment
- Poor self-esteem
- self-loathing
- mood swings
Physical signs of eating disorders can be:
- Significant weight loss, leading to underweight
- menstrual loss
- Delayed puberty
- reduced metabolism
- low pulse
- low blood pressure
- Lowered body temperature
- freezes often
- muscle weakness
- Dental injuries (burns from repeated vomiting)
- Increased hairiness of the body
Eating Disorder Treatment
Eating disorder is a serious illness that needs treatment to get well from. Diagnosis is based on both physical and
mental symptoms. First you have to break starvation mode and restore the normal nutritional balance. Psychotherapy can take place with the family with the patient individually.
Did you know that
Eating disorder onset usually in the late teens in 16 to 19 years old. An earlier onset of illness, sometimes as early as 7 to 8 years of age is not uncommon. Five to ten percent of those suffering from eating disorders are boys or men.
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