Anorexia nervosa

We should all have heard of anorexia nervosa, which is a mental eating disorder. Patients usually go on a deliberate diet to lose weight. The incidence rate is relatively high in adolescents, and it is especially common in women. The duration of the disease can range from a few months to a few years. Some people develop anorexia nervosa and their weight will drop significantly. Let's take a look at the detailed introduction to this phenomenon.

Perhaps everyone is not very familiar with the symptoms of anorexia nervosa. The superficial explanation is that people do not want to eat. We must pay attention to the emergence of this phenomenon. Many people have psychological problems such as anxiety due to long-term anorexia, and the consequences can be very serious.

1. Endlessly losing weight and fear of gaining weight.

2. In the later stages of the disease, loss of appetite may occur due to long-term insufficient food intake.

3. The patient mainly engages in various activities centered around losing weight, such as intentionally dieting, strictly controlling the amount of staple food and the intake of fat and protein, and increasing daily activities. The patient's weight is far below the standard for the patient, and the patient often appears haggard, extremely thin, and severely malnourished. On the contrary, the patient feels relieved or secure about this. Most patients still believe that they or some part of their body is still "fat", and therefore feel uneasy about it and insist on "weight loss" activities.

4. Anorexia nervosa patients must deliberately control their food intake as a necessary symptom. They eat much less than normal people or only choose low-energy diets. Some patients cannot tolerate hunger during the course of the disease and have paroxysmal bulimia, alternating between eating less or fasting and bulimia.

5. What are the symptoms of anorexia nervosa? Nearly half of the patients with anorexia nervosa are affected by social and psychological factors before the onset of the disease, and about 1/3 of the patients have symptoms of mild obesity before the onset of the disease.

6. Anorexia nervosa is more common in women, especially those in the prepubertal or early adolescence aged 12 to 18 years old. It is rare for the disease to occur after the age of 30.

7. What are the symptoms of anorexia nervosa? Experts point out that patients often have body image disorders and feel that they are too fat, or that part of the body is too fat. Even if you have obviously lost weight, you may still think you are not thin.

8. Generally, patients with anorexia nervosa are extremely worried about gaining weight, and often resort to excessive exercise, vomiting, laxatives, taking appetite suppressants or diuretics, hiding or throwing away food to lose weight.

9. Some patients with anorexia nervosa may have obsessive-compulsive symptoms and depression, which may easily lead to complications.

10. What are the symptoms of anorexia nervosa? Experts point out that some patients experience symptoms of weight loss, which is more than 25% lower than before or compared with normal people. In severe cases, the patient may become emaciated.

11. Some patients have sexual function and development disorders. Women experience amenorrhea, and men experience decreased sexual sensitivity or impotence. Prepubertals have delayed sexual psychological and physiological development.

The occurrence of anorexia nervosa must be treated actively, especially since many women now have symptoms of anorexia nervosa. Severe malnutrition will of course occur. Sudden weight loss is very unwelcome. More seriously, it can lead to amenorrhea in women, causing double psychological and physical damage.