Anorexia and Eating Disorder Signs and Symptoms
Eating disorders (Anorexia Nervosa), often identified in adolescent girls but possible in any individual. The individual is convinced that they need to lose weight, even when it is obvious to others that they are already underweight. In Bulimia there are periods of dieting and bouts of binge eating, after which the individual often make themeselves vomit up what they have eaten.
Alternatively, they may use purgatives or laxatives. These are not trivial conditions: a significant proportion of those affected eventually die from the condition.
Signs and Symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa
- May be eating binges, followed by bouts of vomiting or purging
- Fine body hair
- Gradual but persistent weight loss
If individual goes through a major change in body weight, menstruation will usually be disrupted or even stop and leads to amenorrhea. In adolescent girls who haven't started having periods the onset of the periods can be significantly held back, for the duration of the appetite disorder.
Anorexia is most common in individuals between abot 11 and 30 years of age, and more likely in females than males. Medical help should be sought if body weight becomes too low, although this can be a difficult condition to tackle.
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