Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa In Women

Anorexia Nervosa in women url:www.urmc.rochester.edu www.womenshealthmag.com www.healthline.com Did you know that anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that affects about 100-200 girls and women in the United States? This disease causes women to purposely decrease the intake of food and beverages. People with Anorexia Nervosa can’t stand the sight of gaining weight and the drive to be thin is implanted into their brains? Anorexia can occur even if the person is already under weight, the realization of their body and strong influence on a person self-perspective can have major effect on them. Anorexia nervosa could cause you to have excessive obsession and horrible anxiety about food and weight. This can cause you to have an uninterested eating
The disease is likely a combination of genetic vulnerable and environmental factors. Women tend to suffer from this disease because of thing like environmental pressure culture influence, including images from television and magazines and pressure from peers leaving awful impression that thin is best. Also a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) might be more predisposed to maintaining the strict diet and exercise regimen that those with anorexia nervosa often maintain. Genetic Anorexia tends to stick from biological relatives. Women with a sister with this disease are 6 percent likely to having the illness yourself. Having depression and anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder tends to run in families with Anorexia
Obsessions about food and fears about eating in public. Another thing you should be on the lookout for is extreme weight loss more than 15 percent of the ideal body weight. Some people would most likely over exercise and possible use laxatives some social things that happened as well are withdrawal from school or college and possible work disruption. Some people loss connection to their faith or religion. And once it gets to the extreme you would see thing such as, isolation from their loved ones and friends. Brittle nails and hair intolerance to cold, hypothermia, poor concertation and fainting and possibly suicide. Some many medical conditions can mimic this disease a complete medical evaluation can clear any unanswered things up.
People with anorexia may think they are in total control of their disease and do not need help. if you or a loved one is experiencing signs of this disease it’s important to seek help. Going to your doctor is the first step. If your physician has suspected that you are suffering from anorexia nervosa he’ll order serval lab test and preform a psychological evaluations. If anorexia is suspected your doctor may use the SCOFF questionnaire
• S. “Do you feel sick because your full?”
• C. “do you lose control over how much you