Understanding Anorexic People
People who seem to suffer from the idea that they are grossly overweight when they are in fact not is anorexia.
These anorexic people believe that they are always getting fatter and severely cut down their intake in order to "shed" those imaginary pounds.
Anorexic person go to extremes by denying themselves even the basic of the foods and undergo excessive exercise regiments to try and remove those excess weights.
As such, their bodies lose precious nutrients and eventually their natural bodily resistance crumbles to the point where a simple cold or infection is deadly to them.
Most anorexic people are women.
Although there are some cases of men, it is the women who dominate this sickness.
Most people are diagnosed with anorexia in their early twenties or thirties.
How do you spot an anorexic person? Anorexic people display the following signs: they eat very little, they pretend to eat when in the company of others, they lie as to how much they have really eaten, they are obsessed with the calories of every food they come across, they often abuse diet pills by combining them at the same time, they vomit after eating, there is a distinct trace of depression or moodiness, and wear thick clothes to cover their thin frame.
Although these are the are signs of anorexic people, they are not easily exposed since they take great pains to hide their obsession.
Health risks for anorexic people People with anorexia are at great health risk due to their low immune systems.
As such, they can display the following symptoms: massive dehydration, dizziness, weakness of joints, fatigue, anemia, low trace amounts of potassium in their blood, slow heart beat/rate, gastro related disorders such as constipation, some ulcers, stomach cramps.
They even run the risk of kidney failure, infertility, and loss of bone mass.
Death is the ultimate result if anorexic people are not treated.
How to treat anorexic people If not properly treated, it is estimated that 23 percent die.
But with treatment, the death ratio quickly dwindles.
It is estimated that almost 60 percent make complete recovery and out of those that recover, around 18 percent are able to establish harmonious relationships between their weight and can focus enough to hold jobs.
The other people may remain overweight but are actively being treated to correct their behavior.
Treating anorexia is a combination of psychological and also chemical treatment.
Sometimes chemical treatment is brief and just enough to get the patients the courage and conviction to continue the treatment.
These anorexic people believe that they are always getting fatter and severely cut down their intake in order to "shed" those imaginary pounds.
Anorexic person go to extremes by denying themselves even the basic of the foods and undergo excessive exercise regiments to try and remove those excess weights.
As such, their bodies lose precious nutrients and eventually their natural bodily resistance crumbles to the point where a simple cold or infection is deadly to them.
Most anorexic people are women.
Although there are some cases of men, it is the women who dominate this sickness.
Most people are diagnosed with anorexia in their early twenties or thirties.
How do you spot an anorexic person? Anorexic people display the following signs: they eat very little, they pretend to eat when in the company of others, they lie as to how much they have really eaten, they are obsessed with the calories of every food they come across, they often abuse diet pills by combining them at the same time, they vomit after eating, there is a distinct trace of depression or moodiness, and wear thick clothes to cover their thin frame.
Although these are the are signs of anorexic people, they are not easily exposed since they take great pains to hide their obsession.
Health risks for anorexic people People with anorexia are at great health risk due to their low immune systems.
As such, they can display the following symptoms: massive dehydration, dizziness, weakness of joints, fatigue, anemia, low trace amounts of potassium in their blood, slow heart beat/rate, gastro related disorders such as constipation, some ulcers, stomach cramps.
They even run the risk of kidney failure, infertility, and loss of bone mass.
Death is the ultimate result if anorexic people are not treated.
How to treat anorexic people If not properly treated, it is estimated that 23 percent die.
But with treatment, the death ratio quickly dwindles.
It is estimated that almost 60 percent make complete recovery and out of those that recover, around 18 percent are able to establish harmonious relationships between their weight and can focus enough to hold jobs.
The other people may remain overweight but are actively being treated to correct their behavior.
Treating anorexia is a combination of psychological and also chemical treatment.
Sometimes chemical treatment is brief and just enough to get the patients the courage and conviction to continue the treatment.