Anorexia: Facts About This Deadly Eating Disorder
Dedicated solely to provide helpful information about the problems, symptoms and solutions of this deadly disorder, a new web site, AnorexiaAide. com, offers suggestions and advice about all aspects of anorexia. Anorexia is an eating disorder in which the person is so afraid of being fat, that he or she almost stops eating. People suffering from anorexia see themselves as overweight even though they are dangerously thin. People with anorexia may repeatedly check their body weight and may engage in other techniques to control their weight, such as intense and compulsive exercise, or purging by means of vomiting and abuse of laxatives, enemas, and diuretics.
(PRWEB) July 15, 2005
Eating is controlled by many factors, including appetite, food availability, family, peer, and cultural practices and attempts at voluntary control. An eating disorder like anorexia involves serious disturbances in eating behavior such as extreme and unhealthy reduction of food intake. Anorexia is not due to a failure of will or behavior; rather, it is a real, treatable medical illness in which certain patterns of eating take on a life of their own.
Anorexia frequently co-occurs with other psychiatric disorders such as depression, substance abuse, and anxiety disorders. In addition, people who suffer from anorexia can experience a wide range of physical complications, including serious heart conditions and kidney failure which may lead to death. Females are much more likely to develop anorexia than are males. Approximately 90-95 percent of those who suffer anorexia and female.
Like with most other medical conditions, the course and outcome of anorexia vary across individuals: some fully recover after a single episode; some have a fluctuating pattern of weight gain and relapse; and others experience a chronically deteriorating course of illness over many years.
Treatment of anorexia calls for a specific program that involves three main stages: first, restoring weight lost to severe dieting or purging; secondly, treating psychological disturbances such as low self esteem; and finally, achieving long term remission or full recovery.
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