Anorexia
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| Description |
| Anorexia is an eating disorder where people starve themselves. Anorexia usually begins in young people around the onset of the puberty. Anorexia nervosa is an illness that usually occurs in teenage girls, but it can also occur in teenage boys, and adult women and men. People with anorexia are obsessed with being thin. They lose a lot of weight and are terrified of gaining weight. They believe they are fat even though they are very thin. Anorexia isn't just a problem with food or weight. It's an attempt to use food and weight to deal with emotional problems.
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| Root Causes |
- The following personality traits are associated with anorexia: perfectionism, obsessiveness, approval-seeking, low self-esteem, withdrawal, irritability, and black-or-white (all-or-nothing) thinking.
- Major events in a person’s life history such as critical transitions or emotional upsets can contribute to anorexia. Relational or early life trauma (sometimes called developmental trauma) affects the brain, which in turn can impact both biology and psychology. Symptoms of trauma can include low self-esteem and obsessive, compulsive eating disorders like anorexia. Physical or sexual abuse can trigger anorexia.
- Interpersonal, or relationship, problems can trigger an eating disorder such as anorexia.
- Other conditions such as depression, anxiety, and ADHD may contribute to anorexia.
- According to mental health experts, the feelings during adolescence of being overwhelmed and powerless can bring about a desire to maintain control in some realm of life, such as control of body weight. Being in total control of what enters the mouth can give an adolescent a feeling of powerfulness. Thus, the period of adolescence may be when anorexia first arises.
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| Symptoms |
- Dramatic weight loss; refusal to maintain the minimal normal body weight for one’s age and height
- Basing self-worth on body weight and body image
- Frequent skipping of meals, with excuses for not eating.
- Eating only a few foods, especially those low in fat and calories.
- Making meals for others, but not eating the meals themselves.
- Frequent weighing of oneself and focusing on tiny fluctuations in weight.
- Wearing baggy clothing to cover up thinness.
- Excessive focus on an exercise regimen.
- Frequent looking in the mirror for flaws.
- Avoidance of social gatherings where food is involved.
- Even when thin, complaining about being overweight.
- In females, missing three consecutive menstrual periods; in males, decreased sexual desire.
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| Home Remedies |
- Excessive fasting can be big detriment to health as it leads to a loss of appetite, thereby slowing down the functioning of stomach and secretion of gastric juices.
- Eating about 2-3 fresh oranges a day can be extremely beneficial.
- Consume at least one apple on a daily basis.
- Take 1 cup water and boil 2-3 cloves in it. Strain and then add on the juice of ? a lime to this and drink 2 times a day, for a week.
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| Precautions |
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New research findings are showing that some of the "traits" in individuals who develop anorexia nervosa are actual "risk factors" that might be treated early on. For example, low self esteem, body dissatisfaction, and dieting may be identified and interventions instituted before an eating disorder develops. Advocacy groups have also been effective in reducing dangerous media stories, such as teen magazine articles on "being thin" that may glamorize such risk factors as dieting.
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| Herbal Products |
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Dosage |
Purchase |
| Agnitundi
Bati |
2 Tabs Twice Daily |
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| Kshudhakari
Bati |
1-2 Tabs Twice Daily
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| Amlaki
Rasayan |
5-10 ML Twice Daily
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