Anorexia
Anorexia, аlso called anorexia nervosa is a disease that customary observed in youthful girls and mature women, but young boys and mature men are also exposed to it. The only wish of anorexic women is to be thin. They get thin very quickly and are afraid of being overweight. This is mostly a physical problem, but it has psychological backgrounds. Young girls and women are convinced they are obese, when in fact they’re too thin.
We should differentiate between bulimia and anorexia. Anorexic females starve, they count the calories and always exercise. Women that have bulimia usually eat a lot, but they spew immediately after meal, or take water pills not to gain weight. In case of bulimia a person doesn't lose weight so quickly and so much.
General symptoms of anorexia are:
- intentional starvation and losing weight;
- continuous physical exertion;
- panic fear of being overweight;
- absence of regular periods;
- losing of hear on your head;
- a great quantity of hair all over the body;
- apprehensibility to low temperature;
- dryness of skin.
Scientists still don’t know the causes of this disease. It is marked that women with this illness are commonly hard-working students. They try to be perfect in everything and reproach themselves for some things that are not under their control. Such women sincerely believe that they can succeed in life only being thinner.
Anorexic females frequently have low spirits. They constantly think of eating. Do not believe that anorexic women never feel hunger. In fact, they live all their lives with this feeling. That feeling brings them confidence that they control their weight and lives. Women with hard form of anorexia can even die from exhaustion.
This illness is hard to treat, mostly because anorexic females are sure they’re all right. Patients with light forms of anorexia at early terms (not more than half a year) can avoid hospital treatment. For the cure to be effective, a patient should realize her problem and want some alterations.
Females with more severe cases have to undergo medical treatment in the hospital, generally in a peculiar section for anorexic and bulimic people. Hospital cure includes not only the alterations of a woman's ration, but also consultations that may help to solve eating problems. Some patients are prescribed medications that remove their depression.
Anorexic people need to feel love and support of their friends and families. That helps to become healthy again sooner.