Signs of Anorexia Nervosa
Signs of Anorexia
Anorexia Nervosa signs
Signs of anorexia:
- Individuals suffering from anorexia are thin and keep getting thinner.
- People with anorexia nervosa may end up losing 15% or more of their ideal body weight.
- Individuals with anorexia continues to diet or restrict foods even though she is not overweight.
- The individual can become easily upset and irritable, and have difficulty interacting with others.,
- Anorexia creates a distorted body image—a person with anorexia feels fat even when she is thin or underweight.
- Sleep can become disrupted and lead to fatigue during the day.
- A person with anorexia is preoccupied with food, calories, nutrition, or cooking.
- Attention and concentration can decrease.
- A person suffering from anorexia will deny that she is hungry.
- Generally, people with anorexia are compliant. Often, they are overly compliant, to the extent that they lack adequate self-perception. They are eager to please and strive for perfection. They usually do well in school and may often overextend themselves in a variety of activities. The families of anorexics often appear to be "perfect." Physical appearances are important to them. Performance in other areas is stressed as well, and they are often high achievers.
- A person with anorexia will tend to exercise obsessively.
- Anorexia may cause a person to complain about feeling bloated or nauseated even when she eats normal—or less than normal—amounts of food.
- A person with anorexia may weighs herself with abnormal frequency.
- Loss of hair or thinning hair may indicate anorexia.
- A person suffering from anorexia may feel cold even though the temperature is normal or only slightly cool.
- A person with anorexia may stop menstruating.