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What are the main symptoms of anorexia nervosa?

What are the main symptoms of anorexia nervosa? Correct Answer Fear of being fat

Concept:

  • Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by immoderate food restriction, inappropriate eating habits or rituals, obsession with having a thin figure, an irrational fear of weight gain or being fat as well as distorted body self-perception.
  • It typically involves excessive weight loss and is more common among females (Hence option 4 is correct).

 Important Points

  • Types:
    • Purging anorexia is one in which weight loss is achieved by vomiting, using laxatives, or diuretics.
    • Restricting anorexia is wherein weight loss is achieved by restricting calories e.g. by fasting.
  • Causes:
    • Unhealthy coping mechanism, caused by social and cultures; biological; psychological, and interpersonal challenges.
  • Clinical manifestations
    • ​amenorrhea, infertility, Exertional fatigue, weakness, Palpitations, Dizziness, Abdominal pain, Constipation, and Irritability.
  • Physical signs include
    • ​ Low BMI (17.5kg/m2); Wmaciation; Hypothermia; Bradycardia; hypotension; Xerosis; Hypoactive bowel sounds and Brittle hairs.Hair.
  • Management:
    • Cognitive-behavioral therapy
    • Motivational interviewing
    • Family therapy
    • Psychotherapy

Additional Information

  • Binge Eating is a serious eating disorder in which the person frequently consume a large amount of food and experience a compulsion to eat and is unable to stop eating.
  • Impulse control issues refer to the difficulty to stop oneself from engaging in certain behaviors such as gambling, aggressive behaviors, and stealing. Lack of impulse control may also be associated with neurological disorders like Attention-Deficit- Hyperactive disorder. 
  • Tooth stains are generally caused by lifestyle and eating habits such as food/drink like coffee, tea, colas, wines, starchy food, and consumption of tobacco.

Related Questions

The following sentences form a paragraph. The sentences are numbered as P, Q, R, S and T. These sentences are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and choose the alternative that arranges them in the correct order. P- Anorexia is a very serious eating disorder and mental health condition which can be life-threatening if it is not recognised and treated in time, it has a huge negative impact on both the mind and the body. Q- ‘Anorexia nervosa is interchangeable with the term anorexia, which refers to self-starvation and lack of appetite’. R- Someone who suffers from anorexia struggles to maintain a healthy weight, because of the psychological impact it has on an individual they will experience the extreme need to continuously lose weight, S- they develop a very negative perception of self-image and can experience extreme anxiety at the fear of gaining weight. T- The most common age for anorexia to start developing is adolescent years, sadly for some who are anorexic, it becomes a way of life with no endpoint which has resulted in very young deaths as a result of starvation and the body shutting down.
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