Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia can cause problems with the heart and with blood flow (vain constriction). This can result in poor blood flow to the extremities (hand, feets, fingers, legs, ect.) and cause blodd to pool up when resting in such extremities. Also, anorexics tend to have less body mass and insulating fat on their bodies, and will get colder mroe easily. One of the body's first reactions to the cold is to become flushed, like how your cheeks will get rosy red.

An anorexic is a person who suffers from anorexia.

The basic assumption made in the question is incorrect. Everyone did not and does not wish to be anorexic.

It came to prominence because many people had a poor self image and believed much of the hype made by fashion trends. Exacerbated by companies using very underweight models. There were several minor celebrities with the illness that added to the problem by people believing they were good role models.

yes she is because she is so skinny and beatuful

Three major symptoms of anorexia are... 1. Refusal to eat, odd food habits (like cutting it up very small or playing with it), easting only "safe" low-cal foods, eating only in the presence of others, and other extreme forms of dieting or starvation 2. Excessive exercise or obsession over calories, weight loss. 3. Physical differences like dry flaky skin, discolored nails, hair loss or thinning or discoloration, ect.

Anorexia is most likely to affect... * Females (90%, males are 10%) * Ages 12 to 28 (85%) * "Western" Society (2/3) * Upper- or middle-class (95%) 1 in 100 16-25 year old young women suffer from anorexia. 1 in 10 anorexics are male.

It's hard to say. While throwing up after meals is a sign of an eating disorder called Bulimia, there are other causes. Certain medical conditions, medications, allergies, or food poisioning are possible, to name a few.

I work in a medical clinic and usually people with anorexia don't have a lower body temperature unless this is a prolonged condition. Temperature wont change unless there is at least 6 months of starvation or regurgitation. Normal Body temp. is 98.5. Anorexic temp is 90.0-95.0

People who are bulimic usually fit the general category of someone who has - on more than one occasion (usually at least 5 or so) - binged (eatedn excessive amounts of foods, usually unhealthy ones, in a relatively short amount of time) and then purged (laxative abuse, forced vomiting, ect.) in order to avoid gaining weight.

Anorexia is worse than strep throat, by far. Strep throat is (usually) a short term illness that is treated with medication and a doctor's visit. Anorexia is both a physical and mental illness in which the anorexic person believes they are fat and starves themself and overexercises to lose excessive amounts of weight. Anorexia is not always curable, and severe cases require months on end in a hospital or in an outpatient treatment care center. Anorexia can be a lifelong, deadly disease, while we have developed cures and treatment options for strep throat.

There is no chain of infection for anorexia, as it is not caused by a pathogen. Anorexia Nervosa is a mental disorder.

If you can still pass the physical exam, then you can still be in the army. They may ask you to take or pass a mental health exam, too.

They are extremely important as both anerexia and obesity are on the rise along with other eating disorders such as bulimia. People need to be aware of the danger and facts of how the body is effected. Also it will help those who suffer with any of the listed above gain help and advice required to themselves.

Most of it is all in their head, just like any other mental disorder. Even if they hit their goal weight, they can't just drop the dieting (which was bad in the first place) because of the fear they'll get fat. Its almost an addiction, and its hard to stop.The effects are both mental and physical, though.

It is possible that she is both anorexic and bulimic.

No! Anorexic thin can LITERALLY kill you!

no, she is not anorexic, or bullemic. she does not have an eating disorder. she juat has an aturally healthy body, along with good eating haits and exercise.

The irrational fear of vomit

Using anorexia - or any etaing disorder, for that matter - as a method of weight loss is never a good idea. Eating disorders can have many negative side effects, cause permanent damage, are an unhealthy way to live and lose weight, and can even be fatal.

Yes, they can. People who suffer from eating disorders tend to lack vital and essentail nutrients in their diet from lack of eating properly. These missing nutrients cannot help keep nails healthy, so they can discolor, become brittle, or fall out.

Bulimic activity increases as anxiety increases. Bullying has a very negative affect on the bulimic subject. It helps to think of bingeing and purging as simply symptoms of a much deeper issue. It is an issue that can manifest itself in a multitude of ways, usually when the sufferer is at their most debilitated. They feel misunderstood, confused and then this unimaginable behavior manifests. Worse, the treatment they are often offered casts them as addicts and assumes their behavior is by choice. If addiction actually exists, it is assumed that this is further evidence of dysfunction. In reality the addiction is often another behavior triggered by anxiety; again, not a choice. You can find further information at http://www.bulimiagirls.com

Wanting to lose weight pretty much is the main cause of anorexia. Other factors can be if a person is already thin and they become anorexic out of desparate attempts to stay thin, but that happens much less often.

For a long time it was rumored that she had an eating disorder of some kind, but it was never confirmed.

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