Anorexia Nervosa

Some may, but most do not. Purging (forcefully throwing up to rid the body of food) is a chaacteristic of another eating disroder known as bulimia.

There is not exactly a "remedy" for anorexia. For those who go into treatments, they are treated fro symtposm and problems they may have. Almost always, this involves an intervention and strict dietary requirements to help the patien regain a healthy body and weight. If needed, IVs and feeding tubes will be used to give the patient food, nutritional supplements, and medications. Therapy is also completed. This involves food therapy, to regain a healthy, normal relationship with foods, and emotional therapy. If there is a mental problem, such as depression, that will be addressed and possibly treated through therapy sessions or medication. Rehabilitaion will happen if needed, too. Even after treatment, the patient wil still be monitored and tracked and required to attend some more sessions to make sure that they stay healthy, on track, and can live the best life that they can.

It isn't necessarily a disease. You can also call it a psychological disorder, since you eat less because you think people find you ugly and fat. You get sick of eating to scarce. (Officially, anorexia is both a disease and a psychological disorder)

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Yes, they can. Often, people with eating disroders see certain parts of themselves very clearly. They are concise of their actions and moods and others around them. While they do not always view things as others would (they think a thigh is fat while others think it is normal), they do percieve many things very accurately.

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The term is based on the Greek orthos for correct, and the Greek orexis for appetite. It was coined by Colorado medical Dr. Steven L. Bratman, who applies the term to patients who are obsessed with eating only healthy foods. It may lead to the emaciation that characterizes anorexia nervosa [without appetite]. For the patient may go through the psychological distress, and incur the physical dangers, of the anorexic. But the motivation differs. The orthorexic seeks health and internal purity through avoiding foods whose ingredients are seen as unhealthy, such as animal products, fats, and perservatives. The anorexic seeks weight loss. The one wants to be as healthy as possible, the other as thin as possible.

Starvation can be caused by various things;

Starvation can be purposly caused by somebody with an eating disorder (anorexia).

Or in less economicly developed countries, starvation can be caused by lack of money, in these cases many people suffer from starvation and disease, because there is simply not enough food or money to accomodate the population.Starvation is also caused by lack of nutrition from the food they eat. If someone only ate rocks and dirt, they would starve.

Anorexia can affect a person of any age, but is most commonly seem between the ages of 12 and 26.

Actually, you don't burp or fart much at all when you don't eat, or eat very little. It's eating that causes it, not ana.

Edit: I'm Ana and speaking from experience I do tend to burp a lot when I do eat, It's a way for me to feel less full because I don't like the feeling of being full. Burping frequently also ends up causing more and more burping in the long run. I'm not sure why this happens but it has only started after I became Ana.

1. Excessive, unhealthy weight loss.

2. Altered Perception of your body. - This essentially means that, no matter how much weight you lose, you'll always think you look too overweight and need to lose more.

3. Hair loss.

4. Loss of muscle mass. When you don't supply your body with enough food, it will actually start to digest it's muscles in order to compensate.

5. Skin Discoloration.

Most people recognize anorexia nervosa to be a strictly physical disease, with weight loss being the primary symptom, however it can also cause a full arsenal of psychological symptoms.

It depends on the individual. Some people are natrually thin and so will have normal body functions, depsite a low weight / low BMI. Usually, a girl / woman will begin to end menstruating with low body fat percentage or BMIs of below and 18.

Most of the time it starts by trying athlete diets and staying thin to run faster

It can. If your body is not getting enough nutrients, your kidneys (which filter the blood) can begin to have problem related to lack of nutrients. Without certain bacteria and nutrients, a UTI infection can become more likely, too.

I think - along with many other people - that eating disorder are very dangerous. They can be tricky to ever cure and harmful to a person. In many instances, eating disorders can cause serious health problems and even result in death. Many cases and instances can be prevented or lessened if people and society changed, though.

Affects of Bulimia and the Binge purge cycle can include:

- Weight gain

- Abdominal pain and bloating

- Swelling of the hands and feet

- Chronic sore throat, hoarseness

- Broken blood vessels in the eyes

- Swollen cheeks and salivary glands

- Weakness and dizziness

- Touth decay and mouth sores

- Acid reflux or ulcers

- Ruptured stomach or esophagus

- Loss of menstual periods

- Chronic constipation (with laxative abuse)

Not really. Anorexia and bulimia are very different eating disorders.

Anorexics believe that it burns calories to drink hot or cold drinks because your body has to work to keep your body temp. at the normal range.

I'm sorry, but WikiAnswers is meant to be a place where questions are answered that are there to help or educate or assist a person. Suggesting a method of weight lossthrough encouraging anorexia (a potentially fatal and life-endangering disease) would not be helping, but would be promoting this dangerous life style.

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Anorexia can cause many health complications. Some less serious ones would be hair loss, dry skin, achy bones / joints, and fatigue. A few potentially serious ones would be weight loss, dizziness, fainting, and organ problems. Anorexia can also have many serious complications, like heart conditions, potential organ failure, bone weakening, and possibly even death.

An estimated 1 in every 250 people is anorexic, or has anorexia-like tendencies.

There is none.

Body Image Disorder - Simply, it is a probelm with Boyd image or how a person views themself. There are a vast range of what this could mean for an indicidual person, however. It can be as small as not likeing a certain aspect of yourself or being critical of an action you take. (For example, a "oh, i should have gotten that question right, i knew that!") Other issues, like BDD (Body Dismorphic Disorder) are much more serious. BDD is where a person looks at themself and sees false realities. This can mena seeing yourself as fat, when you are really thin (as is what happens with eating disorders), or just not being tuned into reality.

Food Phobia - Literally, it is a fear of food. (Phobia means fear.) This type of phobia can extend to different aspects of food, though. Some examples are fear of eating / gaining weight, fear of starvation / malnutrition, fear of food poisoning, fear of disease (transported through foods), fear of chemically-altered / non-organic foods, and many other fears.

Basic facts: Pro-Ana braclets are red, Pro-Mia bracelets are blue. (Anorexia and Bulimia, just to clarify). Pro-Mia blues go on the right wrist. Most Pro-Ana reds go on the left wrist. Struggling pro-ana's might put the red on the wrist the eat with to remind them not to eat. (For left-handed anorexic, it doesn't make a difference.