Symptoms and Treatments for Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia Nervosa

CAUSES:

• Genetic factors.
• Zinc deficiency in the body.
• Anxiety.
• Depression.
• Various psychological illnesses.

SYMPTOMS:

• The main symptoms of this disease include loss of menstrual periods, refusal to maintain a body weight, fear of weight gain and feeling obese despite dramatic weight loss.
• Weight loss (more than 2 pounds a week).
• Anxiety of being fat.
• Refusal to eat certain foods.
• Preoccupation with weight, food, calories, fat and dieting.
• Denying hunger.
• Development of food rituals.
• Excuses avoiding eating.
• Excessive exercise even despite weather, fatigue and illness.
• Withdrawal from usual friends and activities.
• Frequent comments about overweight despite losing weight.

TREATMENTS:

• Making the body weight to rise to normal level for the patients affected by this disease.
• The patients must consult a psychiatrist to have a clear mind and understand their problem.
• Various other disorders must be treated simultaneously.

EFFECTS:

As a result of these effects, the human body is affected adversely leading to various abnormalities like-

• Slow heart rate.
• Low blood pressure.
• Muscle loss.
• Reduction in bone density.
• Weakness.
• Severe dehydration leading to kidney failure.
• Fainting.