Question 1

is coarse / dry hair a medical symptom of anorexia?

Accepted Answer

It can be: Those with anorexia do not have an adequate nutritional intake on a regular basis, often including the correct ratio of needed proteins/amino acids, vitamins, and minerals in their diets. This can lead to changes in hair to including drying, becoming coarse, as well as falling out. There can be many other medical causes of hair changes other than anorexia alone but this can be a medical symptom.

Question 2

is fine hair growing over body a symptom/effect of anorexia?

Accepted Answer

Lanugo: Yes, lanugo is a symptom of anorexia nervosa.

Question 3

what are the symptoms of anorexia?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 4

what are common symptoms of anorexia?

Accepted Answer

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 5

could there be a disease for the opposite of anorexia?

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Yes: Prader-willi syndrome is a genetic disorder so it's not exactly opposite to anorexia. More common is the 'sea-food diet' syndrome. We see food. We eat it. We get fat.

Question 6

what are the symptoms of anorexia? how to tell if i have it?

Accepted Answer

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 7

what are the symptoms of anorexia? how to know if you have it?

Accepted Answer

Low weight: Weight below 85% of expected
intense fear of gaining weight or being fat.
Disturbance of body image.  
For women loss of normal menses.  

Talk to your doctor.

Question 8

is it possible to have mild anorexia and what are its symptoms?

Accepted Answer

Internist consult.: Anorexia is basically a lack of appetite...Sometimes there are certain disease that start as a lack of appetite . These range from metabolic conditions, to other more serious heath problems..Seek an  internist for an evaluation

Question 9

what are signs or symptoms of anorexia? im afraid my friend is.

Accepted Answer

Fear of being fat.: A friend who thinks she's fat when her weight is normal. Obsessive thinking around food.  Restricting food severely potentially with obsessive exercise.  The key here is the distorted body image and thinking.    A young active lifestyle with healthy foods and exercise is fine.  It's the obsessive fear that shows the difference in normal and anxorexia.  Help her find help! You might save her life.

Question 10

what is the opposite of anorexia, where you think you are too thin?

Accepted Answer

Body dysmorphic: Anorexics have body image distortions and compulsions to be thin.  Some don't admit to thinking they are fat but look at parts of their bodies that they want thinner.  Some boys or men think they are too small and want to bulk up.  This can also be a variant of the same problem of body dysmorphic disorder.

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