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Anorexia is often called the cadaverous. However, anorexia is a mental disorder characterized by painful desire to lose weight.
The epidemic continues
More than years 30 ago, scientists believed that anorexia nervosa affects about 2-3 percent of the population. Through 10 years ago the number of cases of anorexia has doubled. And recent studies show that nowadays the disease occurs already at 16-20 percent of people.
In the examination of students of three major Universities the symptoms of eating disorders was found in 46 per cent of girls.
It does not mean the mass of the prevalence of anorexia, but it means that almost half of girls have had to sit on a strict diet, used diuretics, causing vomiting after eating or exhausting theirself strong physical exertion. This means that they are dissatisfied with their appearance.
Casual fashion
Thinness is now a sign of success, a sign that you can control your actions and because of this, something to achieve.
Therefore anorexia has become very fashionable – it is actively promoted in the media.
Physiologically, even within the parameters of 90-60-90 only 5 percent of women worldwide gets satisfied. And these parameters do not say anything about health, it’s just numbers.
Why weight is being lost?
Anorexia is primarily a mental disorders. And most of all – about 80 percent of the cases, it affects young girls and boys.
At this age the mind is matured enough. Constant social pressures to impose standards of appearance as a necessary condition of success in life, work quickly and efficiently.
Many young people choose the easiest way to go to success, the path of least resistance – that is, to lose weight. After all, it is not necessary to study or work – just to stop eating.
The amount of food is something that depends on the person and not influenced by any external factors. Yu decide to eat or not to eat.
The main symptoms
The first symptom by which one can suspect the development of anorexia – a person tries to lose weight, not being plump.
If the girl with the growth of 170 sm and weight of 55 pounds is going to lose a few extra pounds, it should alert. But if she continues to lose weight and weighs less than 50 pounds, it is time to lead her to the specialist.
The main fear of patients with anorexia – the fear to gain weight. But hunger is one of the most powerful physiological mechanisms that prevent the death of the body. It very hard to fight it. Therefore, dieters are constantly frustrated and start eating again.
The result is they have a sense of guilt: “I’m not worthy, I can’t control myself, and will to punish myself”. Punishment can be of a different nature – and exhausting physical exercise and laxatives, and the easiest way – vomiting. For patients with anorexia, food is the enemy.
How to treat?
Anorexia for humans may persist for critical thinking. However, even with the understanding that the body is destroyed – ceased menstruation, hair fall and dry skin – fear not lets change position.
So the first step in treating anorexia is the address to the psychiatrist. Despite the fact that anorexia is a mental disorder, its not all cases require hospitalization.
In any case, the eating disorder does not hang on a person the label of “psycho” and will not deprive him of the opportunity to work, study or travel abroad.
The main task of the psychiatrist is to help cope with the fear of fulness. As with other fears, the specialist prescribes the drugs.
When the increase in body weight ceases to cause panic, nutritionists are connected to the work. They develop a balanced diet, is able to maintain the weight at which the body is functioning normally.
The sooner you can start treatment, the easier and faster it will pass. If anorexia is not treated, 20 percent of anorexia cases are fatal.
The most important
Anorexia is a “fashionable” disease that have been imposed by accepted social standards of beauty. Its main symptom is trying to lose weight in the absence of excess weight and even shortage. To such perfection of body was not the cause of death, anorexic have time to get to the doctor and get treatment.
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