What is anorexia?Can someone with anorexia get better?

Answer 1

YES!!!! i was anorexic and bulimic and I'm fine now. I did have to get help though, so don't think you can do it on your own!

Answer 2

Anorexia is an eating disorder where people starve themselves. Anorexia usually begins in young people around the onset of puberty. Individuals suffering from anorexia have extreme weight loss. Weight loss is usually 15% below the person's normal body weight. People suffering from anorexia are very skinny but are convinced that they are overweight. Weight loss is obtained by many ways. Some of the common techniques used are excessive exercise, intake of laxatives and not eating. People do get better from anorexia, look at Real World's Paula, in Seventeen Magazine, they showed her, they said, how she continues to go to counselling, and eat!!

Answer 3

With anorexia, you pretty much slowly starve yourselve to death. In the meantime, you get very sick from depriving yourself of energy and nutrition. Of course there is help. But you will need both a nutritionist and a therapist because now you have two problems as before you only had one. The fisrt problem was the one that made you want to stay away from food in the first place and that has to do with yourself image and how you feel about yourself, etc. The second problem, is what you have now done to your body. But the situation is reversable. With the help of a nutritionist, you can learn how to eat more healthily, feel better and have better self esteem. :)

Answer 4

Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes an eating disorder characterized by low body weight and body image distortion. Individuals with anorexia often control body weight by voluntary starvation, purging, vomiting, excessive exercise, or other weight control measures, such as diet pills or diuretic drugs.

If they are caught and put into treatment in time, then yes, those with anorexia can recover.

Answer 5

Anorexia is an eating disorder ,combined with a phsycological disorder. Yes there is help for this , but you have to start by treating yourself phsycologically first and at the same time work on the eating issues. Most think their fat, and their not at all, if anything they look like there sick and need help. The first step is reconize the problem , then address the problem and get profesional help.

Answer 6

Anorexia (a-neh-RECK-see ah) nervosa, typically called anorexia, is a type of eating
disorder that mainly affects girls and young women. A person with this disorder has an
intense fear of gaining weight and limits the food she eats. She

* has a low body weight
* refuses to keep a normal body weight
* is extremely afraid of becoming fat
* believes she is fat even when she's very thin
* misses three (menstrual) periods in a row—for girls/women who have started having their periods

Answer 7

Anorexia is an eating disorder where people starve themselves. Anorexia usually begins in young people around the onset of puberty. Individuals suffering from anorexia have extreme weight loss. Weight loss is usually 15% below the person's normal body weight. People suffering from anorexia are very skinny but are convinced that they are overweight. Weight loss is obtained by many ways. Some of the common techniques used are excessive exercise, intake of laxatives and not eating.

Anorexics have an intense fear of becoming fat. Their dieting habits develop from this fear. Anorexia mainly affects adolescent girls.

People with anorexia continue to think they are overweight even after they become extremely thin, are very ill or near death. Often they will develop strange eating habits such as refusing to eat in front of other people. Sometimes the individuals will prepare big meals for others while refusing to eat any of it.

The disorder is thought to be most common among people of higher socioeconomic classes and people involved in activities where thinness is especially looked upon, such as dancing, theater, and distance running.

There are many symptoms for anorexia, some individuals may not experience all of they symptoms. The symptoms include: Body weight that is inconsistent with age, build and height (usually 15% below normal weight).

Some other symptom are:

Loss of at least 3 consecutive menstrual periods (in women).
Not wanting or refusing to eat in public.
Other symptoms are: anxiety, weakness, brittle skin, shortness of breath, obsessiveness about calorie intake

There are many medical risks associated with anorexia. They include: shrunken bones, mineral loss, low body temperature, irregular heartbeat, permanent failure of normal growth, development of osteoporosis and bulimia nervosa.

Continued use of laxatives is harmful to the body. It wears out the bowel muscle and causes it to decrease in function. Some laxatives contain harsh substances that may be reabsorbed into your system.

One percent of teenage girls in the U.S. develop anorexia nervosa and up to 10% of those may die as a result.

The biggest difference between anorexia and bulimia is that people suffering from bulimia eat large amounts of food and then throw up. This is called binge and purge. Anorexics do not eat large amounts and throw up. Bulimics do.

People often struggle with anorexia for years, but can get better:

If you have a family member that with an Eating Disorder, they need a lot of support. Suggest that your family member see an eating disorder expert. Be prepared for denial, resistance, and even anger. A doctor and/or a counselor can help them battle their eating disorder.

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Answer 8

Anorexia simply means loss of appetite.
It is associated with a number of medical conditions as well as psychological.
Anorexia nervosa is characterized by self-starvation to avoid obesity. People with this disorder believe they are overweight, even when their bodies become grotesquely distorted by malnourishment.

Answer 9

anorexia is common among teenage women, and men all around the world.
It is self starvation and can also be accompanied by bulimia, over eating then vomitting.
Yes it is curable.

Answer 10

It is curable. Get medical and mental help. Person needs help with eating again.