Anorexia is an eating disorder that makes people obsess about their weight and what they eat.
Anorexia is an eating disorder characterized by abnormally low body weight, intense fear of gaining weight, and distorted perception of weight.
Patients with anorexia nervosa often cope with negative emotions based on the expression of restrictive symptoms; while those with bulimic symptoms do so through binge eating or purging.
Anorexia Nervosa is a serious disease, both from the physical and mental point of view, which has increased enormously in frequency in recent years, favored by the social factors imposed by our culture.
To get a diagnosis, you can consult with a GP and a mental health professional.
The difference between anorexia and anorexia nervosa would be that anorexia is the state or lack of appetite of the person due to different causes such as some diseases and anorexia nervosa the patient looks different from reality, that is, they look obese and the only goal is to lose weight.
SYMPTOMS:
The main symptoms of anorexia nervosa usually bring associated complications, both physical and psychiatric:
- Disorders or disappearance of menstruation,
- Alterations in the bones (called osteopenia and osteoporosis) that in the long term lead to fractures and bone deformities,
- dry skin and hair loss,
- Intense fear of gaining weight.
- Distortion of body image or looking fat despite being very thin.
- Weight reduction below normal until reaching malnutrition.
TREATMENT:
Treatment for eating disorders includes talk therapy, medical care and monitoring, nutritional counseling, medication, or a combination of these approaches. The usual goals of treatment include: restoring adequate nutrition and achieving a healthy weight.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
- Educate and encourage healthy eating, without going to extremes.
- Promote moderate physical activity, ideally involving socialization.
- Promote the construction of adequate self-esteem.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/es-es/diseases-conditions/anorexia-nervosa/symptoms-causes/syc-20353591
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