Archive for the ‘health’ Category

Anorexia in males affects bone health

Although anorexia nervosa is a disease that predominates in females, there are many young men who are affected and it is increasingly common eating disorder in the male.

anorexic males

Anorexia and men

While we are case studies that indicate the effects of anorexia on the body of men, we all know that the damage can be many and irreversible failure to act promptly.

To learn more about a team of researchers evaluated 17 male anorexics and 17 controls without the disease, between 12 and 19 years, comparing the bone health among them.

The results were alarming as anorexia greatly affects bone health of adolescent boys, age it is appropriate to achieve maximum bone growth.

The bone density of the spine, hip, femur and the rest of the body in anorexic males was much lower than that of young controls.

In addition, body mass index was lower testosterone levels and also among those affected by anorexia nervosa.

Because the body mass index is associated with bone density grandemete is of great relevance weight recovery to minimize the fallout and reverse low bone density during adolescence.

For all the above and what little is known about anorexia in men, it is essential to pay attention to the development of this type of eating disorders in males as well as it would be prudent to conduct more studies that expand our knowledge about them.

About Eating Disorders

Eating disorders and the onset of mental disorders in adolescent females, mainly in developing a strong psychological desire to act that many everyday stress and lose weight, even if severe anorexia death there.

eating disorders

EATING DISORDERS

What are the eating disorders 

Eating disorders are anorexia great (anorexia nervosa) and bulimia (bulimia nervosa) in two, plus three types of eating disorder not otherwise specified fit neither of these types are classified.

Eating disorders, which have skyrocketed in recent years started to be focused on England and France in the late 19th century, was more pronounced in developed countries, mainly in Japan after World War II, but anorexia nervosa since the 1960s, particularly attention is beginning to become more of the type reported in the 1970s is overeating.

Had been known anorexia (anorexia nervosa), and at the other end of the spectrum bulimia (bulimia nervosa) was added, the term is used as an eating disorder as a concept that summarizes the two now.

Eating disorders are mental illnesses, just eat and not eat too much just a matter of if the situation is particularly severe anorexia lose weight, even more emaciated body, would like to improve the style more aspects of cognitive impairment would have, would also cause mental disorders such as depression also.

Also not only mentally ill, often they have physical illness due to complications had thin, or come there is a need to treat both mind and body.

Eating disorders are very dangerous disease that causes mental disorders and physical illnesses, it is taboo to disrespect. Do not develop eating disorders have the appreciation for an eating disorder, if you suspect an eating disorder is also under a physician’s professional, it is important to try to cure when diagnosed with an eating disorder if can become.

Basic knowledge of eating disorders
Symptoms of eating disorders, from mild to very severe cases, there is remarkably open to the difference between the patients. Eating disorders are anorexia great (anorexia nervosa) and bulimia (bulimia nervosa), and are classified as non-specific eating disorders, anorexia nervosa is among the most severe, severe took 20% of patients hospitalized for anorexia, and even more have been reported had died in this eating disorder. Eating disorder not otherwise specified and bulimia following in it and has been relatively mild.

Eating disorder cases are found in many cases the reverse transition from anorexia to bulimia, anorexia and bulimia is characterized by the transition tends to merge with each other and, in that case Anorexia is a term, and are commonly called overeating period. Anorexia nervosa (anorexia period) was more common among young teens in age somewhat better, bulimia (binge-eating season) is also characterized by many around the age of 20.

eating disorders 2

Although anorexia and bulimia are distinguished, seen by about 60-70% when moving to bulimia nervosa at some point after that what was, essentially has been considered a common disease.

In anorexia nervosa from the central and extreme dietary restriction, in many cases we do not want seen by others are eating, and they have seen no action to reduce their excessive exercise weight again. If you hide your eating disorder is also present in public eating and spit everything go to the bathroom immediately after eating (self-induced vomiting) may take such action.

Eating disorders are anemia and infections caused by malnutrition, and cardiac arrhythmias, osteoporosis, and may be complicated by medical illness such as diabetes, depressive symptoms also, self-injurious behavior, even if complicated by psychiatric symptoms such as alcohol abuse There are many.

 

You can read

Physiological effects of eating disorders

Glossary of eating disorders

Eating Disorders

Anorexia And Bulimia

 

 

 

YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO LOOSE BELLY FAT FAST IN THIS WEBSITE