Individuals who are suffering from eating disorders and other associated dietary conditions are increasing. There is an estimated 5 to 10 million girls and women and 1 million boys and men who are deeply affected by these anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and other similar dietary conditions. Alarmingly, these numbers are only the reported ones. The number of unreported cases is estimated to take the statistics to a higher level.
Unfortunately, even if it is plaguing millions of people in the United States and worldwide, eating disorders are can be hard to identify and may take a long time to heal. Mainly, because individuals suffering from it believed that what their doing is actually normal.
A person with an eating disorder does not have to underweight. There are men and women who have these dietary conditions do not appear to be underweight. Sometimes, you can detect the disorder when it starts to manifest or show into their behaviour. Some would develop hostility or personality changes. This could be linked to how poorly they view themselves and pent-up frustrations with how they look.
There are different symptoms of the different eating disorders. Here are some of the eating disorders and their symptoms.
Anorexia nervosa comes from a Greek word that means “lack of appetite.” Usually, they would show fear of gaining weight and desiring to stay thin. It could be by lack of calorie intake or sometimes near starvation or excessive exercise. Aside from thin appearance, other symptoms would include:
• Fatigue and fainting spells
• Brittle nails and hair and dry skin
• Irregular menstruation for women
• Irregular heart rhythms
• Abnormal blood counts and cases of low blood pressure
• Bone degeneration
• Irregular bowel movements like constipation
Bulimia is in between binge eating and anorexia. They would indulge themselves with food but would later on force themselves to get rid of the food by vomiting or excessive exercise. Unlike anorexics, bulimics are not underweight or very thin. They can have normal weight or sometimes a little overweight. Bulimics are often seen to self-induced vomiting, laxative use and frequent bathroom visits after or during a meal. Bulimia symptoms would include:
• Damaged teeth and gums, mouth and throat sores and swollen salivary glands
• Fatigue
• Dehydration and bloating
• Irregular heartbeat
• Irregular menstruation
Binge eating is overeating. Binge eaters would constantly eat even if you are not hungry or long full. After bingeing, the individual could turn to diet or normal meals. Eventually, this would lead to binge eating again. Binge eaters can have normal weight, overweight or suffer from obesity.
Binge eaters would eat too much and eat fat. They would frequently eat alone. They would also have the tendency to hoard food and hide empty containers. Emotionally binge eaters would feel disgust and upset with the amount of food eaten. But would eat more again on the next binge episode.
These symptoms of eating disorders should never be ignored. These could actually be symptoms of a deeper psychological and emotional problem. If you know somebody showing signs of these symptoms, then the best help you can give them is seek professional help and stay with them through the treatment process.
Unfortunately, even if it is plaguing millions of people in the United States and worldwide, eating disorders are can be hard to identify and may take a long time to heal. Mainly, because individuals suffering from it believed that what their doing is actually normal.
A person with an eating disorder does not have to underweight. There are men and women who have these dietary conditions do not appear to be underweight. Sometimes, you can detect the disorder when it starts to manifest or show into their behaviour. Some would develop hostility or personality changes. This could be linked to how poorly they view themselves and pent-up frustrations with how they look.
There are different symptoms of the different eating disorders. Here are some of the eating disorders and their symptoms.
Anorexia nervosa comes from a Greek word that means “lack of appetite.” Usually, they would show fear of gaining weight and desiring to stay thin. It could be by lack of calorie intake or sometimes near starvation or excessive exercise. Aside from thin appearance, other symptoms would include:
• Fatigue and fainting spells
• Brittle nails and hair and dry skin
• Irregular menstruation for women
• Irregular heart rhythms
• Abnormal blood counts and cases of low blood pressure
• Bone degeneration
• Irregular bowel movements like constipation
Bulimia is in between binge eating and anorexia. They would indulge themselves with food but would later on force themselves to get rid of the food by vomiting or excessive exercise. Unlike anorexics, bulimics are not underweight or very thin. They can have normal weight or sometimes a little overweight. Bulimics are often seen to self-induced vomiting, laxative use and frequent bathroom visits after or during a meal. Bulimia symptoms would include:
• Damaged teeth and gums, mouth and throat sores and swollen salivary glands
• Fatigue
• Dehydration and bloating
• Irregular heartbeat
• Irregular menstruation
Binge eating is overeating. Binge eaters would constantly eat even if you are not hungry or long full. After bingeing, the individual could turn to diet or normal meals. Eventually, this would lead to binge eating again. Binge eaters can have normal weight, overweight or suffer from obesity.
Binge eaters would eat too much and eat fat. They would frequently eat alone. They would also have the tendency to hoard food and hide empty containers. Emotionally binge eaters would feel disgust and upset with the amount of food eaten. But would eat more again on the next binge episode.
These symptoms of eating disorders should never be ignored. These could actually be symptoms of a deeper psychological and emotional problem. If you know somebody showing signs of these symptoms, then the best help you can give them is seek professional help and stay with them through the treatment process.
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