Eating disorders are a growing issue amongst teenagers all over the world both in males and females. Anorexia and bulimia are the 2 most serious eating disorders and are now even been diagnosed in children as young as 7. Anorexia effects 2 out of every 100 girls and bulimia effects 1 in every 6 females in their later teens. Both these illnesses are treatable but doctors still don't know what causes a person to suffer from them.
Female Anorexia sufferers are determined to control the amount of food they eat in order to control their body fat. In most cases a suffer will be on an extreme diet and will constantly exercise to lose the weight. Where as a male will also control his food intake but will exercise in order to get muscle definition rather then look smaller, they usually are on some type of steroid to in hance their chances of having the perfect body.
There are a number of reasons to why a person might suffer from anorexia; they are physical, emotional or sexual trauma, cultural emphasis on being thin, peer influence or even stress. And with this there are also a number of medical problems, they could be liver and kidney damage, low blood sugar, a permanent lose of bone mass, in females they could develop an irregular menstrual cycle which could lead to infertility, increased risk of cardiovascular disease and even death. It is said that about 15% of sufferers will die and about 60% will remain chronically unwell. The causes of death are suicide, infection and gastrointestinal complications. .
A person suffering from bulimia is less recognisable then a person suffering from anorexia because bulimia sufferers are usually average or slightly above average in weight for their hight. Bulimia is more recognised in females, but this is coming from people that have resaved medical help which means males are sufferers too but less likely to look for help. Bulimia is a secretive disease which means people go to great lengths to hide their problem.
Anorexia and bulimia are both very harming eating disorders. ... Anorexia and Bulimia are similar but also very different, both still very harming to ones body. ... Suicide risk is elevated with bulimia. ... Anorexia and Bulimia are similar but take different tolls on the body. ... Every five years, anorexia nervosa has increased by 36%, today 8 million women suffer from either anorexia or bulimia. ...
Anorexia Nervosa vs. ... Another strong comparison to make between anorexia and bulimia is that psychologists have yet to find out if the causes of the disorders are from genetics, the environment, or a combination of both genetic and environmental factors. ... Although it is known that both anorexia and bulimia have very negative consequences, each disorder has different effects upon its victims. ... Also, while most victims of anorexia, about 15% to 20% (Kagan and Segal 1995), starve to death, victims of bulimia usually die from heart failure, which occurs when the binging-and-purging cycles...
These two diseases, Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa are very different. ... I believe resorting to Anorexia and Bulimia is dangerous. ... Anorexia and Bulimia are very serious and potentially deadly diseases. ... The solution to Anorexia and Bulimia is not simple. ... If you are worried that a friend or family member has Anorexia or Bulimia please read the following. ...
I decided to focus on two eating disorders: bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa. ... Bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa are the two most widely recognized eating disorders. Bulimia usually begins in early adulthood and is most common in females. ... Another sign of anorexia in females is not menstruating. ... A lot of females that develop anorexia are dancers. ...
Although most people have an idea of what anorexia is all about, the starving, the denial, the compulsion few probably truly understand what Anorexia/Bulimia really involves. With each case Anorexia/Bulimia there is a different set of reasons, background circumstances, and habits. ... "Bulimia is an eating disorder that, like Anorexia Nervosa, is psychological in origin and can have dire physical consequences. ... Eating Disorders are not just the extremes of Anorexia and Bulimia. ... The American Anorexia/Bulimia Association also gives information, help and facts to sufferers and their f...
Two major subgroups of the disorders are recognized: a restrictive form, in which food intake is severely limited (anorexia nervosa), and a bulimic form, in which binge eating episodes are followed by attempts to minimize the effects of overeating via vomiting, catharsis, exercise or fasting (bulimia nervosa). ... Anorexia nervosa occurs in ½% to 1% of girl's aged 13 to 17, peaking at age 15. ... Bulimia nervosa, which is more common than anorexia, describes a cycle of bingeing and purging. ... Patients diagnosed with bulimia average about 14 episodes per week. ... Bulimia nervosa is mo...
Bulimia Nervosa Bulimia is characterized by alternating episodes of binge eating and purging. ... In addition to bingeing and purging, some bulimics periodically deny themselves food for a day or more; this fasting is characteristic of another eating disorder, anorexia nervosa. People with Bulimia can look perfectly normal. ... Bulimia also affects the athlete physically. ... Christie resorted to anorexia and bulimia as a weigh to control her weight. ...
Anorexia is dangerous, and professional help should be sought early. ... Anorexia is dangerous, and professional help should be sought early. ... Despite 15 years of media coverage of the physical and memotional ravages of eating disorders, an estimated 5 million Americans every year still battle anorexia, bulimia and related disorders. ... Fluoxetine (Prozac) and other antidepressants have been helpful, especially in bulimia. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa " the more severe eating disorders " affect approximately 3 percent of young women. ...
Bulimia Nervosa What is bulimia nervosa? ... There are three types of bulimia namely simple, anorexic and multi-impluse bulimia nervosa. 1. ... Anorexia bulimia nervosa: This is a variation on the illness that is preseeded by a bout of anorexia nervosa. ... Some eight million people, mostly women and mostly young, suffer from anorexia (in which they starve themselves) or bulimia (in which they gorge and purge). ... What causes bulimia nervosa? ...
