What are signs and symptoms of anorexia and bulimia?

Answer 1

Anorexia Symptoms ---- In the early stages of anorexia, anorexia symptoms maybe hard to notice, but as the disorder develops, the signs become increasingly visible. People suffering from this disorder often hide their condition, mostly because they are not sure how to deal with it or they might themselves be unaware of the fact that they are suffering. Like most psychiatric diseases, it is hard to convince an anorexic the fact that they are indeed suffering.

The symptoms of anorexia that are mentioned in this page are from the doctors point of view. In cases such as anorexia, there is always a "no man's land" in between the person suffering and the doctors. We are always looking forward to updating and improving our pages keeping in mind the feedback we receive from people who have gone through the disorder.

The signs of anorexia have been split into four categories so that it is easier to spot if you or your daughter is suffering from any of them.

Anorexia symptoms in eating behavior ---- • Excessive dieting even after being thin or underweight • Obsession with calories and nutritional facts • Pretending to eat or skipping meals • Strange way of eating • Much more attention paid to nutrition labels • Hatred for foods that used to be favorites • Refusal to eat with others • Binge eating

Anorexia symptoms in appearance and body image ---- • Rapid weight loss • Feeling fat despire being thin • Obsession with appearance • Bone loss • Extra sensitivity to cold • Bloated stomach after eating • Lanugo-a fine hair that grows on the skin in response to the body's need for warmth • Yellowed skin • Thinning hair • Confused thinking or difficulty to understand simple things

Anorexia symptoms in purging ---- • Vomiting after eating • Major increase in exercise output, even when exhausted • Increased or unnecessary use of laxatives, diet pills or diuretics

Source: www.anorexiapedia.com

Answer 2

Some of the symptoms of anorexia are:

Aversion to food

Fear of gaining weight.

Distorted body image

Depression

Anxiety

Obsessed about dieting

People suffering from anorexia inevitably take extreme measures to avoid eating. To know more about anorexia and its symptoms, visit the link below.

Answer 3

Beacause I am not a doctor, my advice is questionable but I can tell you this. I devopled an eating disorder sometime in my tweens and it has plaqued me ever sense. An eating disorder is not something you want to mess around with. It robs you of your friends, family and any sense of normance you might have retained. Symtoms of an eating disorder. Whether your looking for signs in your children or in your self, over a period of about a month, you will be able to tell something is wrong. Weight loss Paleness Dizziness Avoiding socail gatherings Over exceriseing Skipping school etc strange behavior. Next time you go to a grocery store or a resteranut, take a moment to look around. Some of the people you see may have a disorder. Its sort of like "duh"

Answer 4

Bulimia- if you notice someone always going 'for a walk' or to the bathroom/toilet immediately after eating. Also if someone who doesnt eat often but tends to eat alot at one go. Anorexia- when someone is obsessive about their weight, constantly staring at themselves in the mirror and always thinking they are fat even when they are underweight. Someone who always has different excuses to skip meals and in some cases exercises excessively. ,

Answer 5

Anorexia:

cooking for others but not eating the food themselves

always saying they ate before

saying their not hungry (all the time)

saying their stomach is upset and they dont want food (all the time)

weight loss

extreme exercise

Bulimia:

eating a lot and then going away from everyone else

weight loss but increased food intake

headaches/spiked bosy temperature

always going to the bathroom after eating

often off to themselves