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Anorexia Nervosa
What are five risk factors?
The brain starts malfunctioning and more obtained to self harm substance abuse suicide anxiety and depression
irregular heart beat or sever heart problems
Osteoporosis can increase the risk of broken bones
Pneumonia is an infection in your lungs
Kidney failure
Females are more prone to disease
what are the symptoms?
Missing meals
lying about what you eat
lying about what you weigh
Self starvation
fear of gaining weight
Treatment for this disorder?
Identify symptoms early
Nutritional rehabilitation to normalize weight and eating behavior
Psychotherapy is aimed at correcting irrational preoccupations with weight and shape, managing challenging emotions and anxieties and preventing relapse
Create a special diet with a doctor that works for you
How common is this disorder?
Anorexia is more common is women with 0.3%-1.5%
Out of every 100 young women there is 1 diagnosed with this disease from ages ranging from 10-20 years old
This disease is not very common in men with a range from 0.1%-0.5%
Sources
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https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/anorexia-nervosa
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https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/eating-disorders
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How do you find out you have this disorder?
doctors will diagnose based on your thoughts, feelings and eating behaviours. They will also check for any other mental or physical complications.
estriction of energy intake relative to requirements leading to a significantly low body weight in the context of age, sex, developmental trajectory, and physical health.
Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight.
Disturbance in the way in which one's body weight or shape is experienced, undue influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the current low body weight.