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Eating Disorders
People who suffer from eating disorders tend to consume either too much or too little food. This category is for inquiries about symptoms and treatments of such diseases.
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What are the ethical issues of anorexia?
Anorexia brings up many ethical issues tied into the physical problems or issues that may arise, too.
1. A main one is that anorexia is very much a conscious "disease" or "disorder". Unlike bacterial or viral disease, or conditions such as cancer, or mental disorders like bipolar disorder, anorexia is very much so controlled by the individual. They make concious decisions about how to eat, what to do, how to exercise, and so on. The only difference is that they often cannot tell them selves to make the effort or decisions to stop.
2. This brings up the problem, though, of how do you treat someone who is chosing to inflict themselves with these problems. Doing so by force would be unethical and inhumane, yet it cannot often be done by choice.
3. There is also the ethical issue of when to treat and when not to treat. What really defines someone as "bad" or "severe"? When should treatment take place? What kind of treatment should happen? (though there are medical objective criteria as to when someone is malnourished and should be hospitalized e.g. low temperature, low HR, low BP, very very low weight, electrolyte abnormalities)
There are so many different grades of the disorder that there is no one real method of treatment or care, and this can bring up problems of who is deciding on treatment plans, if they have the best interest of the patient in mind, and what qualifies them to suggest or enact these specific methods of treatment over other methods.
Why do more women than men have eating disorders?
because lots of women are so conscious about their weight and starve themselves because they want to be accepted by men and by other people. which normally leads to anorexia.
I don't know if that's a phobia but the phobia of having a phobia is Phobophobia.
What percentage of men and women have eating disorders?
Up to 10 million females and 1 million males struggle with eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. The Binge eating disorder is experienced by millions more.
Up to 80 percent of women show signs of an eating disorder at some point.
Up to 24 million people in the United States experience some form of an eating disorder.
What happens to the body during starvation?
First of all the glycogen stores of the body are slowly depleted (glycogen is a highly branched form of glucose and it is found mainly in the liver and the muscles). As the glycogen stores are used the body begins to break down fats (found in adipose tissue). The fats are converted to something called ketone bodies; these ketone bodies are used as energy for most tissues. This helps to conserve glucose for the liver and the brain. When the glycogen stores run out the body begins breaking down protein from the muscles of the body, it converts the carbon skeleton of each amino acid into glucose (which provides energy for the brain and liver only). This breaking down of muscle protein is what makes someone who is starving look emaciated. Of course if re-feeding does not occur then starvation ultimately results in death when there is no more sources of energy that the body can utilise.
Re-feeding is a complicated process; the patient must be fed little and often and given a diet high in fat and low in carbohydrates. As the days go on the meal frequency can be reduced and the amount at each meal can be slowly increased. Re-feeding syndrome is potentially fatal and so must be monitored. (Re-feeding syndrome is caused when the patient is given plentiful carbohydrates. It occurs when insulin causes cells to take up potassium and phosphates, this in turn causes swelling of the cells and therefore cell death)
How do you make my little sister feel better?
It depends if she is sad or angry. If she is sad (crying), try to do something silly to make her feel better. You can also give her something so she'll pay attention to the item, instead of her feelings. 9 year olds are interested in a lot of things. Depends on their maturity level and or their hobbies. Just give her something you'd know she'd like. If you did something to offend her, try apoligizing. You could also talk to her about any problems she wants to talk about.
Good luck!
Java fern, Microsorium pteropus, is known for its ability to tolerate low light levels and for not being eaten by many fish. While it is not supposed to taste good, no one told my goldfish who ate the plant I put in with them years ago. Most other fish leave it alone. Java fern is a fern that will produce spores and often baby plants right on the leaf. This plant does okay in my tanks with moderate light, soft water, and temperatures in the low 70's. It is very slow growing. Leaves can grow pretty large but then tend to rot and die, often with "babies" growing on them at that point. The small ramshorn snails in my tanks seem to enjoy "chewing" on it but the plant seems only minorly affected. thankyou for asking. :)
Is Serotonin related to the modulation of mood and impulse control?
Yes, serotonin is known to play a role in regulating mood and impulse control. It is commonly referred to as the "happiness hormone" and is involved in managing feelings of well-being and happiness. Imbalances in serotonin levels have been linked to conditions such as depression and anxiety.
If you weigh 168 and youre 5'4 how much can you lose weight if you dont eat for a week?
The answer depends on a number of factors such as how active you are, you metabolism. etc. Since you are 168 at 5'4" lets assume you are relatively inactive.
To calculate the weight lossover a week, multiply your body weight by 15 (20 if you are quite active) 168 x 15 = 2520. This is the amount of calories you need per day to maintain your weight. Multiply this by 7 days or 2520 * 7 = 17640 calories. Divide this number by 3500( the number of calories in a pound . 17640/3500= 5.04. Therefore you should lose about 5 pounds in a week. You will lose more than if you weigh yourself but the additional loss will be mostly water, and will be gained right back.
The idea of not eating for a week is dangerous and I don't recommend it! If you really want to try fasting check out this site www.fasting.com
this can be considered an eating disorder not otherwise specified. You have anorexic and bulimic tendencies in this case. The only weight you will lose is water weight. there are many side effects to a situation like this including tooth decay, ruptured esophoagus, hair loss and many others. if you or someone you know has these tendencies seek help before its too late.
one of them was born in Australia and grew up in NZ and the other 2 were born and grew up there! they are now based in Australia and have been for around 6 years!
so yes and no
If you vomit could you vomit and not stop?
If someone vomit could they keep vomiting and not stop...And die from it
There are no cases reported of people dying directly from vomitting.
However, if you vomit often and keep vomitting for longer periods (a day for example) you should drink water in between to stop you from dehydrating.
Also, if you inhale the stuff that comes from your stomach it is very bad for your lungs and I assume you could die from that in several ways.
If you are vomiting for extensive periods of time please consult a doctor.
For more information search on Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome.
In some individuals this is true. If you look at starving children in Africa you will notice their little tummies are quite bloated. When the stomach doesn't get food it begins to bloat with gas. If a person has been starving for quite sometime it will also take awhile for them to introduce food back into their system and maintain a healthy level.
Anorexic individuals are the way they are because that is the only thing in their lives they can control. This condition often happens in models, professional ballerinas, and until the 70s Hollywood studios would dish out diet pills to their actors (especially women) like they were candy out of pez dispenser. Even to this day many actors are coming out of the closet and admitting they are Anorexic or Bulimic. For some women they see a fat person when they look at themselves in the mirror (their family or friends may think they look great as they are or may even think they look too thin and gaunt) and other women don't have much control over their lives so not eating is the only control they have.
Movies, magazines, television all strive to prey on the young to look thin, graceful, and thus, you will be promised that you'll become one of "the beautiful people." Companies that put out diet products WANT young women (the most gullible when it comes to weight loss) to buy their products so they really go to town making them believe they can look like some rock star or famous actress. Your body is your body, and by the way, those so-called "beautiful people" one sees in movies, magazines, etc., have had so much plastic surgery or Botox they'll be blinking out of the back of their heads in another 10 years. This doesn't even include the "body spray make-up" to give them that flawless look. There is lypo-suction to get rid of fat, of course plastic surgery which is becoming an epidemic with youth today (even in Canada.) Some kids as young as 12 are getting permission from their parents for plastic surgery. I know one young girl who graduated and her parents gave her a so-called great grad present .... plastic surgery for bigger breasts!
Some young women suffering from Anorexia do so because they have psychological problems. They could have had a trauma in their lives or in their young lives never had much control over themselves, so starving themselves is the only control they have. If young people think it's fun to be Anorexic it isn't and these poor young women spend many hours in private crying because inwardly they know they are in big trouble. They may think they still look fat, but somewhere in their minds they know they are starving themselves.
People with Anorexia or Bulimic need psychological help. If they don't get this help they could well die. The human stomach, in time will go into a "starvation mode" and that basically means the body will start feeding off of itself. If Bulimic (purging food after eating) the stomach being a muscle will get the message from the brain to continue to purge and the person will then have lost total control of what the stomach is doing, not to mention the devastation it does on the organs of the body. Young people that are always worried about their weight and are on constant diets, Anorexic or Bulimic (there are lots out there) will think they are getting away with it and promise themselves they will stop later down the road, end up with malfunctioning body organs or possibly strokes or heart attacks.
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Females who suffer from anorexia nervosa can have a safe and healthy pregnancy Think it's false?
Many females suffering from advanced anorexia nervosa lose their menstrual cycle as the body shuts down unnecessary (from a personal survival standpoint) bodily functions.
Is hard to believe a person that bipolar?
No not really. You can tell a bipolar person from another. Bipolar persons will go through many mood swings. The person can feel happy about something one instant and then the next they could be sad or depressed. I would know as my mother is bipolar.
What happens to boys that are skinny who think they are fat?
Boys that are skinny and think they are fat go on a diet and get anarexic and have to got to hospital, and then will aventaly die or live.
How can you Explain Anorexia to a 12 year old?
you just tell her that anorexia is an disorder where you allways think your to fat and need to lose more weight. when they look in the mirror they think they are so fat when really they are so skinny it looks unnormal. it also makes you lose hair and your bones stick out a lot. hey im 10 and i understand everything about it so it cant be harder to tell it to someone two years older than me!!! :)
Do anorexic people lose weight quickly after they become anorexic?
Community Answer 1
To even be considered anorexic, one must have a BMI of less than 18. Once your BMI is that low, it it hard to drop weight as quickly as someone at a normal or overweight BMI. There are many other types of EDs, though, which can make you both loose or gain weight very quickly.
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Community Answer 2
It completely depends on the individual. I know of people diagnosed with AN who have lost weight relatively slowly over a long period of time, and others who have dropped significant amounts of weight in a very short space of time. I myself have experienced many different rates of weight loss at different stages of my illness, dependant on many different factors, including metabolism, intake, mental health, medication etc.
