Anorexia Nervosa

Yes, the character Kaylee from the popular TV show "Make It or Break It" was diagnosed as anorexic and received treatment to help her recover.

If a friend has anorexia, firstly do not try and make them eat. It will make them worse, if they want to eat they will.

Ask your friend if they have told anybody else (if signs of their anorexia are not showing) and if they have, ask them if they had spoken to a professional about getting help and support.

You really do need to push your friend into getting help. He/she will be less likely to succeed knowing that they are not getting full support from their family and friends.

You can't "get back into your anorexia" it usually pulls you back in without you having a choice. If you are "recovering" than one way is to start lowering your calorie intake everyday and trying to stay busy until eating isn't really a priority any longer. Stay strong xoxo <3

there's nothing to analyze. you don't eat...it's pretty obvious. they may try to find the reason why, but there's no question concerning if you're anorexic or if you're not.

Skeletal muscles cells can divide, but not nearly like what skin or other organ cells can. Mostly, muscle cells can expand ("building" muscle). With anorexia, muscles often become thin, wiry, and lean. They can easily "re-bulk" up, though, if the person resumes eating normally. In very extreme cases of anorexia, though, a person has no energy or fat cells left in their body. In these rare instances, the body will begin to metabolize what is left of the thin muscles cells in order to obtain enough energy to survive. In this case, many of those muscle cells can never re-grow again once they have been metabolized by the body.

Haemophilia is a genetic disorder. Usually males are the victims and females are carriers of this disease.

There is no prominent cause of this disease but now-a-days it is seen that the families which do not have any history of haemophilia may also have a haemophiliac child. The reason for this is that sometimes there is mutation at genetic level which may lead to deficiency of clotting factor(VIII OR IX) in the blood of the child resulting in haemophilia.

One may also suffer from haemophilia at a very later stage of his life but that is very rare. This is the case of Acquired Haemophilia.

Yes. Most anorexics are not severly underweight or thin. Many may still be on the path of weight loss, starting from a healthy or even over-weight original weight.

Starving one's self, over exercising

For those who enter rehab or medical help facilities, most will recover. Roughly 60% will eventually go on to live as much as a "normal" life after that as possible. Of those who go through rehab, about 40% will relapse. However, when treatment is delayed or never occurs at all, roughly 20% of anorexics will die.

Usually, thw wrists are fairly thin and do not take on fat deposits as easily as other areas of the body (thighs, stomach, ect.) will. People who are thin will also tend to have naturally very bony wrists.

Yes, but it is more often referred to as a disorder. It can be due to a mental disorder, such as depression or BDD (Body Dismorphic Disorder). The effects can be as dangerous as other disease or illnesses, and can be fatal in some cases.

The problem with anorexia is that by starving yourself you literally destroy the basic muscle structure of your body. Starving causes the body to turn to anything available as building blocks. Muscle and other tissue is broken down to use as energy since body fat does not provide for all of your nutritional needs. As a result you end up loosing critical muscle mass, such as heart, diaphragm and other critical tissue as your body attempts to provide for basic needs. The problem with anorexia is that after you've destroyed so much of your muscle mass, there is little left that actually burns calories. Remember that your muscles are responsible for using the overwhelming what you eat. After reducing your muscle mass all excess calories are turned back to fat so you'll gain weight far more quickly after an anorexic episode. Diet and exercise are still the best method of weight loss. You need too make sure your body has the basic nutrients necessary to make repairs and provide for your energy needs. Exercise helps you increase muscle mass, makes you look good, feel good and helps you avoid injury. Can they die from the condition, certainly. Look up Karen Carpenter. She battled her anorexia for a long time and eventually died from complications. It's a tragic condition because so many young women seem to think that they must be pathologically thin to be accepted. It's not a natural state but the entertainment media promotes the ultra-thin, drug or anorexia induced figure, indirectly teaching our young women to be self destructive. It will kill you. And for your information, the ultra thin woman doesn't look good just as the ultra overweight woman looks bad. There is a middle ground, where most of us live. Be strong, eat balanced meals and live a normal life. How do people die from anorexia? Wasting away is part of the picture. But a lot of anorexics die because their electrolytes or blood flow get messed up.

As a medical student working in an eating disorders clinic, I have two young patients who have each had two heart attacks from their potassium dropping too low. I have a couple patients whose kidneys failed. Almost every single one has osteoporosis (where your bones lose their density), and a lot of them have multiple stress fractures (breaks that usually only older women get). In fact, their risk of fractures is increased even 40 years after stopping anorexic behavior! One thing to remember is: anorexia is the most deadly psychiatric disease. Most people don't realize this. But your friends can help. Some of my patients who come in at 5'7" and 75 pounds think that they have no problems, but in reality, your friends and family can see your true state. Trust them. Finally, BMI isn't everything. An athlete can have a very low or very high BMI, depending on their lean muscle mass. But an anorexic or bulemic laxative abuser can have their colon permanently destroyed at a BMI of 21. So take care of yourself, and if people around you think you need help, you most likely do, even if you think you're okay.

There are far more than three effets, as anorexia can cause many problems - often dangerous or deadly - to a person and their body and mind and well being. Some of the most common are...

*Weight loss, protruding bones

*Dry skin

*Discolored nails

*Dry or brittle or thin hair, hair loss

*Poor eyesight

*Weakness, fatigue

*Dizziness

*Fainting

*Feeling cold (when other are not)

*Pain, enflamed joints, arthritis

*Brittle bones

*Depression

*Isolation

*OCD, BDD (Body Dismorphc Disorder)

*Mood swings

*Organ malfunction / struggle (heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, eyes, stomach)

*Loss of menstruation (for girls)

*Loss of sex drive (for men)

*Organ failure (heart, lungs, kidneys, liver)

*Heart murmur, heart conditions

*Low blood pressure

*Low heart rate

The intravenous fluid itself causes the puffiness and bloating. Your body isn't use to retaining that much liquid, so the tissues become a bit sodden.

the veronicas are not anorexic. they are just naturally thin although they did lose some weight in 2008. they are not anorexic though.

never starve yourself! that is completely unhealthy! if you want to lose weight talk to your doctor.

Thatbhas not been publicly confirmed, no.

That will not help at all. Rittalin is used for increased focus and to reduce hyperactivity, not to help a person regain a healthy body weight.

If you are in a solid nd stable healthy state both physically nd mentally nd meet all of the other criteria, then yes i would assume so.

call a vet

There is not a definite list of things, but there are some factors that are taken into consideration. Some are (in no particular order)... * Body weight, muscle mass, manout of fat * Eating habits / starvation, purging, bingeing, ect. * BMI (Body Mass Index) * Organ functions and health * Skin / Hair quality and health * Mental evaluation

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