When is someone considered anorexic?

People who intentionally starve themselves suffer from an eating disorder called anorexia nervosa. The  disorder, which usually begins in young people around the time of puberty, involves extreme weight loss — at  least15 percent below the individual’s normal body weight. Many people with the disorder look emaciated  but are convinced they are overweight. Sometimes they must be hospitalized to prevent starvation.

As a western family therapist  with a strong personal psychodynamic background and a relevant specific caseload, I am quite surprised to see how psychological issues/factors (commonly underlying the majority of anorexic states) are undervalued if not completely omitted. May I respectfully ask all previous responders how many anorexic patients did they treat directly and how long. Please bear in mind that, when discussing about this psychiatric syndrome, in most of cases we are not dealing with academic matters but with the 'actual life' of a person. Thanks for reflecting on this.

Anorexia is an eating disorder case resulting in severe refused to eat a mental illness suffered by a physical adults and children

Symptoms of anorexia

Weight loss

General fatigue

Insomnia

 Pale color

 Constipation

 Dry skin

Low blood pressure 

Dizziness and fainting

Weakness and hair loss 

Depression 

Refused to eat 

Arrhythmia

Anorexia affects mainly young females.  Symptoms of anorexia nervosa are usually physical and behavioural/ emotional.  The physical symptoms include: extreme weight loss, fatigue, thinning/bbreaking/discolouration of hair, cessation of menstruation, dry skin, dehydration, low blood pressure. 

Behavioural symptoms include: excessive fear of gaining weight,  severe restriction of food intake, excessive exercise, use of laxatives to minimise food absorption, there may be reduced libido and depression. 

1.Distorted body image.

2.Excessive dieting and exercising.

3.Fear of becoming fat, even when obviously too thin.

4.Dry, sallow skin.

5.Dental decay.

6.Significant weight loss.

7.Constipation

8. elevated liver enzymes

9. extreme weight loss

10. abnormal blood counts

11. elevated liver enzymes

12. fatigue

13. dizziness or fainting

14. seizure

15. brittle nails

16. hair that thins, breaks or falls out

17. absence of menstruation (amenorrhea)

18. development of fine hair on the extremities (lanugo)

19. intolerance of cold

20. irregular heart rhythms

21. low blood pressure

22. dehydration

23. osteoporosis, the loss of bone calcium, which may result in broken bones

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Physical anorexia symptoms

Physical signs and symptoms of anorexia include:

·         Extreme weight loss

·         Thin appearance

·         Abnormal blood counts

·         Fatigue

·         Insomnia

·         Dizziness or fainting

·         A bluish discoloration of the fingers

·         Hair that thins, breaks or falls out

·         Soft, downy hair covering the body

·         Absence of menstruation

·         Constipation

·         Dry skin

·         Intolerance of cold

·         Irregular heart rhythms

·         Low blood pressure

·         Dehydration

·         Osteoporosis

·         Swelling of arms or legs

Emotional and behavioral anorexia symptoms

Emotional and behavioral characteristics associated with anorexia include:

·         Refusal to eat

·         Denial of hunger

·         Afraid of gaining weight

·         Lying about how much food has been eaten

·         Excessive exercise

·         Flat mood (lack of emotion)

·         Social withdrawal

·         Irritability

·         Preoccupation with food

·         Reduced interest in sex

·         Depressed mood

·         Possible use of laxatives, diet aids or herbal products

anorexia is general term used for loss of apetite but it may be having different causes or etiologies like drug induced anorexia, disease induced or neurological, the symptoms can vary but the most prominent is generlized weakness, loss of apetite lead to loss of body weight.

• Eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy weight and excessive fear of weight gain due to a distorted self-image. Self-image in AN patients affected by cognitive biases (pattern deviation in assessing a situation) and affects the way a person thinks and evaluates the body and food. AN is a complex disease that involves components of psychological, sociological, and physiological, on the person who found an increase in the ratio of liver enzymes ALT and GGT,] to acute liver dysfunction at the advanced level.
• Other typical symptoms are: Slow heart rate Low blood pressure Low-temperature Tissue swelling due to fluid retention (edema) Hair-thin and soft facial or body hair and excessive.

anorexia is an eating disorder that can have fatal consequences.

When simply putting a large plate of someone's favourite food and doesn't feel he's attracted to it.

when the body mass index (BMI) is under16