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what is anorexia?

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Definition: Anorexia - diminished appetite.  Anorexia nervosa is a complex psychiatric condition in which the affected person has a distorted body image and through various behaviors loses body weight.  The weight loss can be severe enough to produce significant malnutrition and even death.

Question 2

what is anorexia and how do people become anorexic?

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Anorexia: Is decrease sensation of appetite. Symptoms depend on cause of anorexia, for example anorexia nervosa which cause binging, purging, amenorrhea, fatigue, swollen joints, hair loss, etc. Etiology unknown in most cases of eating disorders, but genetics, environmental, psychological & medical factors can attribute.

Question 3

what is anorexia and how does someone become anorexic?

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An Eating Disorder: Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder where the individual refuses to maintain an appropriate body weight, restricts intake and has a distorted body image. It is a serious mental illness with the highest mortality rate of any other mental disorder. No one fully understands how a person becomes anorexic. The onset of the illness is insidious.  Fortunately there is effective treatment.

Question 4

what is anorexia/bulimia do to your body?

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Eating do: Anorexia & bulimia lead to complications as noted in the diagram.

Question 5

what is anorexia nervosa a risk factor for?

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Anorexia nervosa can lead to::   Hypertriglyceridemia, Hypoglycemia, Zinc deficiency, Low potassium, Electrolyte disorders, Fracture.

Question 6

i need to know what is anorexia and bulimia?

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Eating disorders: Anorexia nervosa and bulimia are both eating disorders. Anorexics severely restrict food, and bulimics may both binge on food and then vomit many times a day. This can cause many physical problems such as esophageal and stomach injury, tooth decay, dehydration, electrolyte depletion, cardiac arrhythmia, and even death.  Sometimes laxatives are used also, which worsens things in both conditions.

Question 7

what is anorexia vs bullemia? what is the difference between anorexia and bullemia?

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Both : Both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are eating disorders.
Anorexia nervosa, characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and an obsessive fear of gaining weight 
bulimia nervosa, characterized by recurrent binge eating followed by compensatory behaviors such as purging (self-induced vomiting or excessive use of laxatives) or excessive exercise 
symptoms of eating disorders in teens:   a distorted body image, skipping most meals, unusual eating habits (such as eating thousands of calories at one meal or skipping meals), frequent weighing, extreme weight change, insomnia, constipation, skin rash or dry skin, dental cavities, erosion of tooth enamel, loss of hair or nail quality, hyperactivity and high interest in exercise.

Question 8

hi doctors, was just wondering what is anorexia nervosa exactly?

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Eating Avoidance: Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that makes people lose more weight than is considered healthy for their age and height. Persons with this disorder may have an intense fear of weight gain, even when they are underweight. They may diet too extremely and/or exercise too much or abuse laxatives and perhaps other ways to lose weight. Being too thin is part of it. Other ed sufferers may not be.

Question 9

what is anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa difference?

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Anoexia/Bulimia: Both are eating disorders and more common in females. Anorexia primarily involves restriction of food intake in order not to gain weight therefore are usually underweight even though they perceive they are fat and bulimia primarily involves frequent binge eating and they are usually normal weight. Anorexia is the more severe disorder and can be lethal. These are the main differences.

Question 10

what is " sexual anorexia"?

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Sexual anorexia: Is loss of appetite for romantic sexual interaction. It is the fear of intimacy to the point that one has severe anxiety surrounding sex with emotional content (in intimate relationship ).  These people have sex addiction which is expressed in variety of ways such as compulsive use of strip clubs, prostitutes, cyber porn sites.  They do not have aversion to sex but to intimacy.

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