Anorexia Nervosa

Definition

Anorexia nervosa is sell imposed starvation and it may be occur from  distorted body image. If you have anorexic patient, then you will be preoccupied with her body size, that describes her sell as fat, and it  expresses dissatisfaction with a particular aspect of her physical appearance. In which patient's weight loss is associated with a loss of appetite. Usually, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa may occur simultaneously. Because in anorexia nervosa, the refusal to eat may be accompanied by compulsive exercising, sell induced vomiting, or abuse of laxatives or diuretics. It may be occurs in 1 % to 2% of the female population and in 0.1 % to 0.2% of the male population. The occurrence among males of this disease is rising, but it more prevalent in females. The prognosis varies but improves if the patient is diagnosed early, or if she wants to overcome the disorder and voluntarily seeks help.

Causes of Anorexia nervosa

The exact causes of this disease is unknown. Researchers in neuroendocrinology are seeking a physiologic cause that may cause Anorexia nervosa. Social attitudes that may also cause this disease and it equate slimness with beauty play some role in provoking this disorder; family factors are also implicated.

Symptoms of anorexia nervosa

• Amenorrhea
• Infertility
• Fatigue
• Intolerance to cold
• Hypertension
• Loss of fatty tissue
• Atrophy of breast tissue
• Bradycardia
• An emaciated appearance, with skeletal muscle atrophy
• Loss of fatty tissue
• Atrophy of breast tissue
• Blotchy or sallow skin
• Lanugo on the face and body
• Dryness or loss of scalp hair

If you have already bulimic, then calluses on the knuckles and abrasions and scars on the dorsum of the hand, resulting from tooth injury during sell-induced vomiting.

Other signs of vomiting such as

• Dental caries
• Oral or pharyngeal abrasions

Treatment of Anorexia nervosa

• You should be used appropriate treatment to promote weight gain or control the patient's compulsive binge eating and purging.
• Another treatment for Anorexia nervosa may include behavior modification; curtailed activity for physical reasons ; vitamin and mineral supplements.
• You should be use all forms of psychotherapy in treating anorexia nervosa.
• Hospitalization in a medical or psychiatric unit may be required to improve the patient's precarious physical condition.
• Combining aggressive medical management, nutritional counseling, and individual, group or family psychotherapy or behavior modification therapy is the most effective treatment for anorexia nervosa.