Effects Of Anorexia Nervosa On The Body

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder driven mainly by the fear of gaining weight. People with Anorexia severely limit the amount of food they eat and can become extremely skinny. Anorexia has dangerous effects on the body and the mind. It has the highest rate of death of any mental illness.

Nicole Adkins Informative Speech How many of you have ever battled an eating disorder or known someone with an eating disorder? One or two of every 100 students will struggle or have struggled with an eating disorder. An anonymous quote from someone who struggled an eating disorder once said “Nothing matters when

The study conducted had a sample size of 90 Polish women with AN and the control group was 120 females without any signs of an eating disorder. These females were studied to identify any substantial differences in behavior. The result of the study was that females with AN exhibited less control over cognitive function and emotional behavior. The conclusion reached was that being able to identify the symptoms typical of an eating disorder in females could help in improving treatments and could also prevent any dangerous habits developed by those with

In the Western culture, it has long been the tradition to strive for perfection in everything possible. In many ways, this has moved our culture and technology forward. This can also be quite detrimental to people, because perfection is often not attainable. In the medical field, perfection is often the

1-Patient with PTSD often witness or experience an event that create a psychological problem where they become unable to function normally. For example war veterans or a person who witness a brutal crime. Nurse to assess mental status of the patient, suicidal risk and remain with the client during the period where client are unable to control his or her emotion. Assess any substance abuse that might affect patient recovery. Nurse to provide safety and comfortable environment where patient can feel confortable to express his or herself without being judge.

Anorexia Nervosa is the condition when an individual abstains from food in order to lose weight or prevent more weight gain. In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV(DSM-IV) there are four aspects of criteria to be diagnosed with anorexia: a refusal to maintain weight above what is minimally normal for one’s age and height, and extreme fear of weight gain, distorted body image, and (in females) having amenorrhea(missing three or more consecutive menstrual cycles.)(DSM-IV, 2000:589) Anorexia not only affects weight, but also alters bone growth, neurotransmitters and hormones in the brain, and electrolytes.

Pediatric doctor Madhusmita Misra studied and documented how malnutrition from eating disorders (mainly Anorexia), has an effect on the skeletal system. She notes that malnutrition in adolescence can contribute to low bone density which results in osteopenia or, later and more severe, osteoporosis. These effects can be irreversible if not treated, especially in young women that have already undergone puberty. Because of low weight and bone density, eating disorders can stunt a child’s growth and growth potential. In adolescent males, because they stop growing later in their life, they are less likely to be affected permanently (Misra). Eating disorders can also cause permanent infertility in women (Stewart). Although some effects from eating disorders can be reversed with time, others will stick with the victim for their whole lifetime and remind them every single day of their

Eating Disorders: Physical and Psychological Damages Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and disordered eating. That's all we see in the bathroom stalls on the seventh floor in Hayes – Healy. What exactly are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and disordered eating? Anorexia, bulimia, and disordered eating are habits that become an eating disorder. There are two sides to understanding the problems of eating disorders. One side is the emotional or psychological side that is affected by eating disorders. The other is the physical side. Eating disorders are harmful and can cause physical and psychological damage to ones body. According to Craig Johnson, Ph.D., and director of the eating disorders program at Laureate Hospital in Tulsa, Oak.

In severe cases, brain damage can be noticed in anorexic people, with excessive weight loss the brain shrinks and loses mass. This can lead to slow thinking, confusion, slow memory and poor judgement. Another symptom in anorexia is, thinning of bones also known as osteopenia or osteoporosis. This is one

Although the exact cause of anorexia isn't known, studies show that it is possibly a combination of biological, psychological, and/or environmental factors ("Diseases and Conditions: Anorexia Nervosa, 2014). Scientists have yet to figure out exactly which gene(s) are involved in causing anorexia, but it can be acquired genetically, and surprisingly enough, it is seen more in twins than individual people ("Diseases and Conditions: Anorexia Nervosa, 2014). Young women can who have an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) personality can have an extreme obsession of perfectionism toward their body, which can make them become anorexic due to the fact that they don't think they are thin enough ("Diseases and Conditions: Anorexia Nervosa, 2014). By having OCD, young women are more vulnerable to being anorexic because it makes it easy for them to "...stick to strict diets and forgo food despite being hungry.." ("Diseases and Conditions: Anorexia Nervosa, 2014). Young women with OCD and anorexia nervosa usually have high anxiety levels and "...engage in restrictive eating to reduce it" ("Diseases and Conditions: Anorexia Nervosa, 2014). "Modern Western culture emphasizes thinness. Success and worth are often equated with being thin" ("Diseases and Conditions: Anorexia Nervosa, 2014).

Community today is based on the idea of portraying the perfect image. This lowers self-esteem making the person perceive that they are unacceptable to the public. Which causes Subconscious thoughts to occur, in regards to the nature throughout them.

Self-Analysis Paper Item #1: As a nineteen-year old female college student, it is not a huge surprise that I would develop an eating disorder at one point in my adolescent years. Specifically, I have been diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. With anorexia nervosa, I view myself as overweight despite the fact that I am considered underweight for my particular age and height. I have developed an intense fear of gaining weight and as a result, I diet and exercise excessively. This fear causes me to be obsessed with the thought of food consumption, leading me to abstain from eating too much and possibly gaining unwanted weight in hopes to achieve the ideal body image that I believe I need in order to be accepted. Having a distorted body

Brandy is a 21-year-old from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She is the oldest of four children and her parents have been married for the past twenty-two years. After suffering for the past seven years in silence, Brandy has finally sought out treatment for bulimia nervosa. Brandy is a textbook case of a patient suffering from bulimia. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed., DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) diagnostic criteria includes: Persisting binge eating episodes, reoccurring behaviors to prevent weight gain, both harmful purging behaviors and binge eating episodes occurring at least once a week for a minimum for three months, evaluating oneself solely or predominantly influenced by one’s body shape and weight, and finally the patient must not exhibit the aforementioned symptoms during an episode of anorexia nervosa. Her difficulty with her weight started in high school with binge eating. Soon after starting to binge eat, she starting purging by forcing herself to puke. The roots of her disorder is in her persistent stress and anxiety as a result of her trying to strive to success.

Running Head: Eating Disorder Bulimia Nervosa and Its Causes Glemerlin Garcia Mercy College Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by weight loss behaviors driven by self-evaluations that are dependent on body weight and shape concerns (Dryer, Tyson, & Kiernan, 2013). There is a false myth that this disorder is a life choice but it is a serious illness that could cause damage to a person’s eating habits. This disorder became noticeable a few years ago with all the new technologies but it was always around. Back in time many people died from this and they didn’t have enough resources to really know what it was and what was causing it.

Eating disorders affect many people and overcoming eating disorders can be a very difficult task. Anorexia Nervosa is a serious, deadly eating disorder that many people are diagnosed with every year, especially females. Women are seven to ten times more likely to develop an eating disorder than men. What would make someone want to go to the extent to starve themselves to lose weight? There are many reasons why people with Anorexia Nervosa refuse their bodies to eat. Treating the psychological disorder can be a very difficult task, but it is important to help people get back to a normal, healthy life.