A physical and mental illness, in which a person who is a prey of the disease starves. People usually if find themselves to be near 85% of the weight the wait of a similar person keep up cutting on food. A percent of the females in the 20 or below age group have the disease. Treatment is often essential for the disease; 20 percent of people in the disease tend to lose their lives. Although men are not so conscious about their weight, they too constitute to a mere 10 percent in all cases.

Each one of has for sure heard about someone who stop eating as they feel they are immensely fat. Even though it has been talked about on TV it is still misrepresented. For this reason people often do not realize other people’s disease, and being such a disease the sufferer fails to give his assent of his considerable disease. For this reason it is important for friends and family to keep a check on their close ones.

Are there different kinds of anorexia?

There are basic two interchangeable kinds; restricting type( someone severely limits her food intake), and the binge-eating/purging type (person eats a lot of food and later vomits) voluntarily or in-voluntarily. Bulimia nervosa, another disorder, closely related with anorexia.

What causes anorexia nervosa?

Many people fail to know why they have eating disorders, but research has much more to say about it. Personality traits are some major reasons, (anorexic sufferers think themselves as less than perfect). While other causes are due to external family forces; when members are expected to be presentable always or in some cases restricted by others to express emotions openly. The society too on its end is somewhat responsible as telling others that they are either too overweight or underweight.

The disease of anorexia is usually implanted by other people. On might get on to a diet to lose on a little weight here and there and when complimented by society feel that losing more might mean more appreciation.

People suffering from this disease might seem content and trouble free, but on the inside they lack esteem. This forces them towards more perfectionism, and is added on by the family they live in, often feeling they are nothing more than just losers. Females who are operated by family phenomena are discouraged to express inner feelings, and face very high expectations usually gets them to develop eating disorders. They think that the only power they can show is by denying intake of food and think that good figure would give them what they want.

Some were victims to sexual assault or brutal beatings in their childhood. Research shows, that these females are the most prone ones to be assaulted in any way compared to other normal ones suffering from any stress.

How do I recognize anorexia?

Anorexia has many forms. Following are the characteristics of such a sufferer, however there might be others who are victims, but may not fit the description or been identified yet.

The usual anorexic appears to be in his teens, belonging from a middle or upper class family, perfect in most things and high achieving. No matter how really thin, but thinks of reducing her weight through regular work out anyway. Food is something she wouldn’t want to talk about, but would always have it in her head worrying about the contents of packaged meals and their calories and all. They might not have proper meals and would often lie about it, to their family. They would often complain of sickness, and treated only when taken to the doctor upon missing regular periods, or any other illnesses.

What are the symptoms?

These people really make it difficult to get identified for their illness, as they can withstand any or every hardship in the process. They know that they are not doing what is right and would be confronted or hindered in the process. She may lie about eating habits and dress in lose baggy clothes to hide their body.

No matter how difficult it might be it is advised to recognize the sooner the better of their disease, for this illness can be as serious as death. Also it becomes difficult to stop someone addicted to such habits.

Symptoms include:

• Weight loss
• Loss of menstrual periods
• Fear of being underweight
• Too much exercise
• Distorted image
• Constipation
• Hyperactivity
• Dry, pale skin
• Cold hands & feet
• Loss of sexual hunger
• Thin hair
• Growth of body hair on different places
• Frequent weighing

Most anorexic patients try vomiting for a change, for preventing excessive or food at all.