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Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by a distorted perception of weight, which leads to an underweight and a irrational fear of the sufferer of gaining weight. However, although it is a disorder that has a very clear physical reflex, it is not about food but can be an extreme mode of cope with emotional problems.
People with anorexia nervosa often equate thinness with self-esteem and find in food the possibility of controlling their life leading even to death. That is why it is important to take into account the entire mental health of the person and not just their body mass index.
Almost one in ten people in Spain suffers from an eating disorder according to the Spanish Society of General and Family Physicians, a figure that shoots up, becoming one in five when we talk about adolescents, according to the FITA Foundation (Eating Behavior Disorder or Conduct Disorder). Although these are numbers related to eating disorders in general, anorexia nervosa is one of the most frequent, but the exact data are not known.
Although the exact causes of anorexia it has been determined that it may be the result of a combination of biological, psychological and environmental factors. In this sense, biological factors have to do with a genetic predisposition to perfectionism. Perseverance is another characteristic, usually considered a virtue, which in the case of people suffering from anorexia nervosa turns against them.
When it comes to psychological factors, people with anorexia may have a obsessive compulsive personality and it is common for them to have high levels of anxiety. All this accompanied by an environment in which thinness is assimilated with success favors the appearance and consolidation of this disorder.
Changes in behavior
Tendency to sadness.
Inflexibility with oneself.
Fluctuations in emotions.
Excessive interest and preoccupation with food.
Not wanting to eat in public.
Changes in the way you eat
Sexual loss of appetite
Start exercising when you had never been an athlete.
Tendency to isolation.
symptom
- Irritability.
- Excessive weight loss
- Abnormal blood cell count.
- Dizziness or fainting
- Bluish pigmentation on the fingers.
- Brittle hair
- Absence of menstruation.
- Irregular heartbeat
- Low blood pressure.
- Dental erosion