Symptoms to Anorexia Nervosa: • food rejection; • vomiting; • amenorrhea; • fear of gaining weight; • meals rituals; • eating alone; • abnormal weight loss; • self-perception of being fat when the person is really too thin; • dejection; • irritability; • lies about vomiting; • social withdrawn.
Physical effects of anorexia include: • dry hair and skin; • hair shedding; • low pulse and low blood pressure; • 20-25% loss of body weight; • body hair fine growth; • lowered immunity; • muscle loss and weakness; • intolerance to heat; • insomnia; • dehydration, which can result in kidney failure; • tiredness and overall weakness; • hypersensitivity to low temperatures-always feeling cold; • lethargy.
Here is some statistics: • About 90-95% of anorexia nervosa sufferers are women and girls. • Anorexia nervosa usually appears in youth. • Near 5-20% of individuals with anorexia nervosa usually die. The death possibility increases within that range depending on the length of the condition.
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