Anorexia

Anorexia is the word that came to our active dictionary from ancient Greece and literally denotes - the lack of a urge to eat. In medicine, using the term anorexia, means a syndrome characterized by a conscious refusal of food, a prolonged lack of appetite and the disappearance of the basic instinct - hunger.

Types of anorexia : primary anorexia, mental anorexia, mental pain, anorexia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, drug anorexia

Causes of anorexia

The causes of this disease are different: taking medical and herbal drugs that reduce appetite;A constant intake of diuretics;An organism failure in the metabolism;Conscious intake of patients with laxatives

Anorexia symptoms

- a sharp decrease in weight and lack of appetite( during adolescence manifested by inability to gain weight during active growth)

- depression, insomnia and sleep problems

- spasmodic pain in the muscles, cardiac arrhythmia

- state of eternal cold and weakness

- endocrine disorder of the body( in women amenorrhea, and in men a decrease in libido)

Anorexia signs

- pathological fear of the patient before the possibilityTh to grow fat before obesity and the urgent need to reduce the weight of

- anorexic patients deny their problem associated with a sharp weight loss

- the increased desire of the patient to lose weight and for this reason the deliberate refusal to eat

- the patient's conviction that he is excessively full and needs to lose weight

- a violation in eating habits( eating on the go, reducing portions and dividing into parts)

- after meals the patient artificially induces vomiting

- increased enthusiasm for gymnastic exercises until the daytime

- misinterpretation of the body( personal perception of the body does not correspond to the real weight)

- increased interest in cooking and collecting recipes, cooking meals for the family and at the same time refusing to participate in meals, interest in diets, approval of vegetarianism

- rejection of mass exitsIn the light and holidays associated with the feast

- communication with loved ones is minimized

- multiple visits and seclusion in the bathroom for a long time

- strengthened out-of-home sports activities

- rash pallor of the skin

- irritation, unreasonable offense, turning into aggression, anger and sadness

The anorexia of stage

is a dysmorphophobic( imaginary image of its fullness, which led to feelings about it, fear of being ridiculed for this reason by close andPeople from their environment, constant weighing, depressive state, refusal to eat high-calorie food)

- dysmorphic( strong confidence in its fullness and need to lose weight, intentions to lose weight very seriouslyAnd an active interest in anorexia secret starvation, drinking a huge amount of fluid and causing artificial vomiting, dependence on laxatives and diuretics)

- cachectic( complete lack of appetite, lowering the acidity of the stomach and the appearance of the first signs of dystrophy, losing half of the original weight, Pressure and body temperature, delayed heartbeat, the emergence of gastritis and other comorbidities)

Anorexia treatment

The consequences of anorexia are often deplorable and sad, and without the help of relatives to begin treatment of patients with anorexia is not realistic. Anorexia patients deny their problem and disease. And only with the participation of relatives who reacted in time to the symptoms and signs of anorexia, it is possible to avoid tragedy in the family. Western psychiatrists are sounding the alarm, because the consequences of anorexia is a mortality when the treatment is ignored. And an honorable first place among deaths for mental illnesses is nervous anorexia. Domestic studies have shown that anorexia nervosa involves in its "network" of 4 percent of girls in the age range of thirteen to twenty years. Men are not affected by such disorders, although an increase in male anorexia has recently been indicated. In adolescence, when the issue of appearance is a problem number one, it is very important not to miss your child so that he does not join the ranks of those suffering from anorexia. Keep emotionally your child, do not lower his self-esteem, do not criticize the appearance, give up authoritarian statements towards the girl, stop not correct statements about your child to anyone. This way you can prevent the appearance of anorexia and start treating it on time with the necessary symptoms and signs.

If the trouble touched your family, then immediately give up the cult of eating in the family or the wrong approach to nutrition. By your personal example, show that you are not a supporter of diets and consider yourself to be perfection. Forget about your problems and dedicate yourself to an anorexic patient. Only your support, love, sense of need and tact. Girls with anorexia respond painfully to comments, so forget about scandals, forced nutrition, quarrels and tears. Have patience and knowledge of your problem. Many people are interested in the question, but how to treat anorexia? In medical clinics, programs aimed at treating anorexia have been established, where they will be assisted and rendered professional psychological and medical assistance. After discharge from the clinic, you need to undergo outpatient treatment to fix and weight for six months. If you do not want to publicize and begin treatment of anorexia at home, then you need to introduce frequent fractional meals, and after meals diversionary fascinating exercises to avoid vomiting of the patient. Constant, benevolent, inconspicuous control of the patient and stimulation of appetite( arrange long meals with gastronomic delights, which the patient could not deny himself before, introduce new beautifully designed dishes into the ration, go to restaurants with various kitchens, enter into daily walks) andMost importantly - give love to an anorexic patient. Use in your treatment with a favorable current method of reward( the desired gift) and expand personal freedom, but for a long time without supervision of an anorexic patient do not leave. If the patient refuses to eat, referring to the lack of appetite, offer liquid food( various nutritional mixtures).Record the amount of liquids and urine. This is very important for the adjustment of water - electrolyte reactions in the body. The decrease in potassium in the body entails cardiac problems and the lack of potassium in the body is replenished intravenously. Drug therapy includes the following drugs for the treatment of anorexia: cyproheptadine, chlorpromazine, amitriptyline, but strictly according to the doctor's prescription. From folk medicine, you should pay tribute to the appetizing herbs and soothing plants. Very successful will be their combination according to taste, this: peppermint, rowan fruit, lavender, plantain leaf, tansy, oregano, wormwood herb, nettle leaf, yarrow, root of ayr.

Victims of anorexia after prolonged hospitalization and favorable treatment are susceptible to recurrence of the disease. And it is desirable during this period from the field of vision of the patient not to miss. Repeated hospitalization in this situation can be avoided extremely rarely, and complete recovery occurs in half of those suffering from anorexia.