2023-08-03 19:15:38
anorexia nervosa
The first Riyadh health gathering explained the most common types of eating disorders, anorexia nervosa and bulimia, and their health complications.
anorexia nervosa
The First Riyadh Health Assembly said in an explanatory infographic, which it published on its official account on Twitter, that anorexia nervosa means going on a diet or not eating to the extent that a person loses weight, so his weight becomes 15% less than the ideal weight, and he is characterized by fear. Patients who are overweight or incorrectly believe they are overweight and use compulsive rituals to lose weight.
Symptoms of anorexia nervosa
Significantly reduced patient weight.
– The patient’s constant fear of gaining weight.
– The patient’s refusal to maintain a proper and healthy weight that is suitable for him.
– The patient’s belief that he is fat and suffers from excessive obesity, while he is very thin.
In addition to these symptoms, the patient may resort to some behaviors to lose weight, including the following:
Acts compulsively when it comes to eating, weight, and diet.
– Always engage in physical activity, even in the event of illness.
– He forces himself to vomit, or takes substances that cause diarrhea, or substances that stimulate diuresis in order to prevent weight gain.
– Develop special eating habits, such as: cutting food into very small pieces before eating them, or chewing food very many times and for a long period of time.
binge
The Riyadh Health Assembly said: “Binging is also called bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder, which is eating huge amounts of food in a short period of time followed by forceful vomiting or excessive use of laxatives, and both disorders usually begin in early or middle adolescence.
binge symptoms
Eating large quantities of food that others consider exceptional quantities.
A constant feeling of not being able to control the quality and quantity of food intake.
Eat fast.
Eat large amounts of food even when you are not hungry.
– Eating in isolation from others, because of feeling ashamed of the amounts of food he eats.
Feelings of disgust, depression, or guilt following eating a lot of food.
Permanent change in body weight.
– Adopting diet regimes at close intervals.
Complications of anorexia and gluttony
Anorexia nervosa and bulimia may cause many serious complications, including:
Hormonal disorders with absence of menstruation.
– Osteoporosis and imbalance in the rates of many salts.
Thus, it causes a serious disturbance in the heart rate, and even death.
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