WHAT IS ANOREXIA
NERVOSA AND BULIMIA NERVOSA?
Anorexia
Anorexia nervosa is also called slimmer’s diseases or self-starvation syndrome it is caused by nutritional disorder that occurs when a person intentionally refuses to eat enough food leading to the severe loss of body mass. this is caused by having too much obsession of losing their weight quickly and get slim, in most cases people who are fat or heavy can quickly develop anorexia nervosa as some of them desire to get slim.
Symptoms
of Anorexia include
Muscles
wasting which include weakening of heart muscle which can be caused by lacking
of food in the body hence muscles get weakened and disappear, excessive loss of
body mass, extremely fear of being fat or catching diseases which can be caused
by obesity or hypertension, distorted body image or feeling fat when one is
very thin.
Why do people have anorexia?
Desire to lose weight faster
People
who think that they are fat or being told that they are fat they may end of
thinking about reduce their body size, so they may be obsessed with body
reduction methods and the best one they can think of is to abstain from eating
a food, some people who have big weight can also be obsessed with the idea of
losing their weight quickly which can lead to anorexia.
Carrier development
Some
of the people experience anorexia because they want to develop certain carrier in
their life and feel like they are not qualified for example some women want to
be a model, some want to get into fashion or miss world competition, getting
into the marathon and so on, these desires can cause one to use all the means
to get slim which include to stop themselves from eating anything.
Inferiority complex
Another
people get anorexia due to inferiority complex where they feel like in order for
them to be loved then they have to be slim or lose some weight or reduce their
body size, this can cause them to have a strong desire to get this done, so
abstaining from eating could be suitable choice to them.
Fear of being sick
Another
reason is that some people fear to get diseases like hypertension, obesity,
cancer etc. and so they want to get rid of their weight very faster, and in
most cases fat people can easily develop anorexia as some of them desire so
much to get slim in very short period of time
Motives of the person before getting anorexia
A
person become selective in the food that they eat or not eat at all.
1)a
person refuse to eat foods which contain fat as it can lead to the increase in
weight, foods like meat, chips and son on. Also they have tendency to escape
the food with too much carbohydrates like rice etc.
2)a
person tend to avoid food with too much of sugar like candy, chocolate, cakes
and even sweetened drinks, escaping from drinking alcohol and other soft
drinks.
3)
a person tends to do excessive exercise in order to reduce weight in a very
short period of time
4)
a person may refuse to eat at all with the belief that more weight will be lost
in just few amount of weeks
Bulimia
Nervosa
This
is the cause by excessive eating which causes nutritional disorder in the body
this is followed by the attempt to remove food from the body this attempt could
involve self-induced vomiting, fasting, excessive exercises or using drugs
that causes empting of bowels or excessive urination
People with bulimia have normal body mass and appearance hence it is difficult to tell that they have that problem.
Why people get bulimia nervosa?
Too
much eating is the only way a person can get bulimia nervosa, this can be cause
by the following reasons
1)lavishness
A
person who is so lavish when it comes to food is in danger of getting bulimia
as they tend to eat everything and hate to share it with others, lavishness can
cause someone to each even food which is not fresh.
2)desire to be fat
Some
people are too slim and hence may desire to increase the size of their body, as
the result they start to eat too much knowing that this can help increase their
body size or their weight, and without even knowing it they may end up having
bulimia
3)bad eating habit
Bad
eating habit can lead to bulimia, some people love to eat everything that is
placed in front of them without even considering the concept of balance diet or
whether the food is fresh or not and as result could lead to bulimia.
4)desire to eat everything they see
This
habit can be seen when there is event somewhere like birthday, wedding, holiday
or get together when the time for food comes some people may desire to eat
everything that placed in front of them even if they feel full, this could
quickly cause bulimia nervosa.
5)lack of wisdom
People
fail to understand how foods work in the body, some people don’t even
understand the benefit of balance diet, these are among of the people who can
easily get bulimia because they don’t choose what to eat, they tend to eat
anything and everything.
Motives of the person before getting bulimia
1)finish all the food placed before them even
if they have had enough of it, usually this occur during events like wedding,
birthday celebration, get together party etc.
2)carry
some foods around so they can eat it, some people think that if they don’t
carry food they may get hungry, so they carry foods in the bag all of the time,
eating all the time this is not good eating habit as it could lead to bulimia
3)eating
all the food for the fear that the food could get rot, people who are afraid
that the food may go bad in the near future have tendency of eating it all,
even if they don’t feel like eating, eating too much of it could be the source
of bulimia nervosa.