| In this next article in our continuing series we're | | | | result in severe dehydration which can ultimately |
| going to discuss the effects of Anorexia Nervosa | | | | lead to kidney failure.5. Less serious symptoms, |
| on a person, as well as going over some facts | | | | but certainly cause for concern, are overall |
| and figures.The main assault of this disease is that | | | | weakness including fatigue and fainting, which in |
| it focuses on self starvation. Since the body | | | | itself can be dangerous when behind the wheel of |
| needs food as a basic means for survival, the | | | | a car.6. People suffering from this disease also |
| effects of this disease are numerous to say the | | | | suffer from thin and dry hair. Hair loss is very |
| least. Because the body is not getting enough | | | | common.7. Because of the overall deterioration of |
| nutrition, it is forced to slow down in order to | | | | the body, a covering of hair begins to grow over |
| compensate for this. This slowing down can have | | | | the body in an effort to keep the body |
| serious consequences on a person's body.There | | | | warm.And now a few statistics about this disease |
| are a number of health consequences from | | | | that you may or may not be aware of.a. About |
| Anorexia Nervosa. The main ones are as follows:1. | | | | 90-95% of the people who suffer from this |
| People suffering from this disease, after an | | | | disease are women, most of them young girls.b. |
| extended period of time, suffer from an | | | | About 1% of all American women suffer from |
| abnormally slow heart rate and very low blood | | | | Anorexia Nervosa.c. Of all the psychiatric |
| pressure. This causes the heart muscle itself to | | | | disorders, Anorexia Nervosa is the most common |
| change. The chance of heart failure rises as heart | | | | diagnosed in women in general.d. The mortality |
| rate and blood pressure decrease.2. Because of | | | | rate of people suffering from Anorexia Nervosa is |
| the lack of calcium in a person's diet, since they | | | | between 5 and 20%. The probability of death |
| are not getting enough food in general, there is a | | | | increases with the length of time the person has |
| great risk of reduced bone density, which is | | | | been suffering from the disease.e. Anorexia |
| known as osteoporosis. This results in very dry | | | | Nervosa has one of the highest rates of death of |
| and brittle bones which makes them very | | | | all mental disorders.f. The disease itself usually |
| susceptible to breaking.3. Again, because of the | | | | shows itself in early to mid adolescence.The |
| lack of nutrition, a person suffering from this | | | | treatments for this disease are similar to the |
| disease will suffer from muscle weakness and | | | | treatments for Bulimia. It is important that |
| potential muscle loss. This can lead to more | | | | immediate psychiatric help is gotten for the |
| serious muscular disorders.4. Most people who | | | | sufferer. The quicker the diagnosis and treatment |
| suffer from this disease not only don't eat enough | | | | the greater the chance for survival. |
| but also don't even drink enough water. This can | | | | |