 Anorexia is and eating an psychological disorder.  It is where a person has major self esteem issues with their body weight concluding to lose weight till starvation to feel control of their body.  Its is addictive and obsessive for the drive to be thin, but not realising the line has been crossed.

 It has not been certain the exact cause of disease but the major roles that play in this disease is genetics, society/media pressure, low self-esteem and body-image issues.  Feeding problems as an infant and maternal depressive symptoms tend to be risk factors.  Imbalances in neurotransmitters may occur in people suffering anorexia.

 Anorexia is a eating disorder and more or less a psychosomatic illness which is mean unstable mental state.  This means that this illness is affecting the body severely even though it is from the state of mind.  Some stereotypical people might say its just all in the anorexic victims mind but it very well is still classified a disease.

 The most common sufferers of Anorexia Nervosa is females as 95% are females who have anorexia.  It is usually formed in the adolescence stage but also in adults and children.  The sufferers are commonly found from high economic countries such as US and Australia.  People who desires to be skinny such as dancers, actors etc. May lead to anorexia.

 Physically  Bad sleep and fatigue.  Slow increase in height or slow increase of other body functions. Obvious weight loss  Abnormally slow heart rate and low blood pressure.  Constipation and abdominal pain.  Disturbances in menstrual cycle.  Bone density  Anemia- low red blood cells and white cells.  Mentally  Individual seems to suffer from depression.  Irritable, easily upset, no interaction with others.  Anxiety disorders, personality disorders, affective (mood) disorders.  Strive for perfectionism and cooperativeness.  OCD with weight, exercising and dieting.  Denial of being to thin

 Anorexia is much more complicated than just weight and food.  The food and weight factors are just symptoms of more serious mental problems:  Depression| Loneliness| Insecurity| Perfect |Out of Control|  Feeling powerless will cause this feeling power over what they eat. (manipulation) Also not eating to distract from difficult emotions.

 Medical Treatment!  First priority is addressing any serious health issues.  May be hospitalised due to malnourishment. Until less critical weight. (not life threatening)  Nutritional Treatment!  Nutritional counselling is needed.  Proper dieting and healthy eating will be advised by a nutritionist/dietician. Also help meal plan to get back to normal weight.  Counselling and Therapy!  Identifying negative thoughts and replace with positive and high self esteem thoughts.  Taught how to deal with difficult emotions (about self and relationships). Slowly build a happy healthy mind.

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