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Causes of pruritus in Anorexia?
The common "itch" or desire to scratch oneself (Latin:pruritus) happens to every living animal. It is not specifically caused or triggerred by anorexia or any other eating disorder.
How is anorexia different from nerovsa?
Their is not a difference between the two things. Anorexia Nervosa is the name of the actual eating disorder. The other eating disorder is Bulimia Nervosa, and it is different from Anorexia Nervosa.
How is anorexia related to other eating habits?
Anorexia is an eating disorder. People with anorexics severly limit their food intake to well below what normal, heathy levels and recommendations are.
Does a personality disorder cause anorexia?
Not in and of itself, but personality or other mental problems can add in to case eating disroders like anorexia.
What are other eating disorders other that bulimia anorexia and binge eating?
Pica is an eating disorder that makes a person crave nonfood items such as staples our other dangerous objects.
What is the difference between a lifestyle disease and other diseases?
A lifestyle disease is a disease caused by the way you live, (eg:obesity through eating to much, heart disease from smoking or living with too much stress etc) Other diseases are caused by viruses & bacteria (germs)
What kind of eating disorder is it when you starve yourself?
Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder in which the person becomes increasingly underweight by self-starvation or extreme cutting-down of food intake. Bulimia Nervosa is when the person will eat or binge, then purge to ensure the contents of the food does not affect their weight. Both of these are very serious diseases and are more so mental issues than physical. In other words, mental-issues are the cause and physical-issues are the effect.
What does genetics have to do with anorexia?
It is considered that anorexia can sometimes have a genetic link. If a person (particularly a girl) has a diret biological family member, then it is possible that they might have a slightly higher risk of developing anorexia or other eating disorders.
How is Anorexia and Bulimia related to unbalanced diet?
I'm not quite sure what you're asking...? Anorexia and/or bulimia can cause an 'unbalanced diet' and lack of nutrients to the body, but you do not simply 'get' and eating disorder from and unbalanced diet. An eating disorder is not just 'not eating' or other eating disorder behaviors, but much more extensive, involving mental and emotional patterns as well as the eating habits. (Or lack thereof. Ha.)
What other diseases caused by a virus?
e.g cold
How do you get anorexia nevosa?
Anorexia can be caused by many different things or factors. Often, it is a compilation of many factors that eventually will manifest themselves or transform into anorexia. Some of those factors are... *Low self esteem *Low self body image *Depression *BDD (Body Dismorphic Disorder) *Yo-Yo dieting *History of other eating disorders *Family / friends with eating disorders *Socail / media influence *OCD *Dieting gone too far *Teasing about weight, appearances
What is the difference between anorexia and thyroid disorders?
== == The main difference in these two diseases is that anorexia is strictly a mental disorder that damages the body through starvation. Thyroid disorders are genetic in nature and are physical ailments.
