A Person with anorexia nervosa, has an intense fear of gaining weight. The people having Anorexia thinks a lot about food and limits the food he or she eats even though he or she is too thin. Anorexia is more than just a problem with food. It is a way of using food or starving oneself to feel more in control in life, and to ease tension, anger, and anxiety. Mostly, women are more likely to have Anorexia. An anorexic:
Has a low body weight
Resist keeping a normal body weight
Has an intense fear of gaining weight
Think he/she is fat, even though they are thin.
What becomes anorexic?
Anorexia mostly affects girls and women, but it can also affect boys and men. As now. It is not known whether African American, Latinas, Asian and American Indian develop eating disorders because American culture values thin people. The stress someone
faces while trying to adapt himself in two different countries may develop an eating disorder in them.
Causes of Anorexia
There is no single cause of Anorexia. Eating disorders are real, and treatable illness with causes in both mind and body. Some of the following things can play a part.
Culture
Families history
Life changes to stress events
Personality traits
Biology, genes, and hormones
Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety is the anticipation of danger, a negative event or may be a negative outcome. Nearly all people all people experience anxiety at times. It becomes a disorder when its crosses its normal level and normally persist for at least six months. It causes a great deal of unhappiness or creates problems in a person’s life. People suffering from anxiety disorder often avoid feared situations with a great deal of distress.
Anxiety may have symptoms such as:
Rise in blood pressure
A fast heart rate
Rapid breathing
An increase in muscle tension
Nausea and diarrhea
If not treated, an anxiety disorder can significantly disrupt a person’s life. Its symptoms may become progressively worse. One may experience physical symptoms like panic attacks, irritational thoughts, and fears, compulsive behaviors, and rituals. People with anxiety disorders may have other mental disorder such as depression or substance abuse.
Fortunately, very effective treatment is available in general. Early diagnosis may aid early recovery, prevent the disorder from becoming worse.
Types of Anxiety Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
It affects twice as many women than men. A person with GAD may always expect a catastrophe to happen. The person may worry even when things are going well.
Panic Attacks
It starts abruptly and reaches its peak within 10 minutes. Common symptoms of panic attacks are heart palpitations, sweating, a feeling of breathlessness or feeling faint.
Panic Disorder
It is defined as repeated unexpected panic attacks or worries about such attacks. Women are twice as likely as men to develop the disorder. People with panic disorder suffers from depression, abuse alcohol, and drugs.
Phobias
These are irrational, involuntary fears of common objects, living things or situations such as heights, animals, air travel, blood or medical procedures. Most people who suffer from phobias are aware of the irrationality of their fear. Phobias are also more common in women.
Obsessive compulsive disorder
It can be characterized by persistent, and intrusive thoughts or impulses that can cause anxiety.
Although anxiety is a normal human response to stress, health care professionals still don't know exactly why some people develop severe anxiety or panic.
Diagnosis
The first step to properly diagnosing it is ruled out another condition. So it is very important for your health care professional to uncover any psychological medical problem. Therefore, a physical examination and medical history are essential. You should describe the history of anxiety disorders or depression in your family. Panic disorder often coexists with depression. Thus your health care professional will use a medical evaluation to rule out any alternative explanation of anxiety symptoms.
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