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Do you think you are Anorexic as Others?
By Michael Sanford
There are many ways of which to obtain weight loss and
some of these techniques are excessive exercise, intake
of laxatives and not eating. Some people submit
themselves to starving ¨C this is what you call anorexia.
These are the people who believe that they would be
happier and most successful if they were thin. Anorexia is
an eating disorder that usually begins in young people
around the onset of puberty, mostly for teenage girls, but
it can also appear to teenage boys and adult men and
women. Typically, anorexic have extreme weight loss
which is usually 15% below the person¡¯s normal body
weight. People suffering from anorexia are very skinny
but are convinced that they are overweight.
Generally, anorexic individuals have the intense fear of
becoming fat thus pushing them to have their dieting
habits particularly with adolescent girls. They
continuously think that they are overweight even after
they become extremely thin, very ill and near death.
Anorexic often have a strange eating habit like refusing
to eat in front of other people or preparing meals but
refuse to eat any of it.
Anorexic people have many medical risks including
mineral loss, low body temperature, irregular heartbeat,
shrunken bones, permanent failure of normal growth,
development of osteoporosis and bulimia nervosa. Other
anorexic persons show many symptoms of anorexia while
others don¡¯t. Symptoms include body that is inconsistent
with age and build and height that is usually 15% below
the normal weight. Other symptoms are loss of at least 3
consecutive menstrual periods for girls, not wanting or
refusing to eat in public, anxiety, and shortness of
breath, weakness, brittle skin, and obsessiveness about
calorie intake. Other anorexic individuals continuously use
laxatives without even knowing that the excessive use of
the thing is harmful to their body. It wears out the bowel
muscle thus causing it to decrease in function. These
laxatives contain harsh substances that may be
reabsorbed into the human system.
Since most anorexic individuals are women and with the
fact that they are to be conceiving a child any time in
their future and will be going through pregnancy stages,
it¡¯s like you¡¯re telling the anorexic women that she has to
gain 100 pounds. Anorexic women will definitely have
trouble conceiving a baby and carrying it to its full term.
The irregular menstrual cycles and weak bones make it
more difficult to conceive. Both you and the baby you are
conceiving could be in danger you being underweight and
don¡¯t eat proper variety of foods. Women with eating
disorders such as anorexia have higher rates of
miscarriages and the baby might be born prematurely
thus putting them at risk for many medical problems.
Particularly those anorexic pregnant women, they should
always take proper pre-natal care such as taking pre-
natal vitamins and having regular pre-natal visits. It is a
good idea to enroll in a prenatal exercise class to be sure
you are not overexerting yourself.
Generally, anorexic has a poor self-image, low self-
esteem, loss of control and a yearning for a better body
as they are obsessed with being thin. Anorexic
individuals lose a lot of weight and terrified of gaining
weight. They believe they are fat even though they are
very thin. Therefore, they tend to starve themselves,
avoiding high calorie foods and exercise constantly.
Moreover, treating anorexic is difficult because people
with anorexia believe that there is nothing wrong with
them. Anorexic who are on their early stages of anorexia
may be successfully treated without having to be
admitted to the hospital. However, those anorexic who
are with more serious conditions need care in the
hospital and usually in a special unit of people with
anorexia and bulimia. The patient often needs counseling
so they can work on changing the feelings that are
causing their eating problems. Most importantly, family
and friends of anorexic individuals may help in making the
patient feel safe, secure and comfortable with their
illness.
About the Author
Get all the information you need on Anorexia and Bulimia at: http://www.eating-disorders-info.com
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