Reduksin

In any pharmacy, you can safely buy the drug "Reduxin-light" - this is not a medicine, but a food supplement (BAA), the main active component of which is linoleic acid. The drug "Reduxin" is quite another matter. This is a prescription drug. The active ingredient is sibutramine, an anorexigenic drug. The drug artificially causes a feeling of satiety, due to which the obese patient ceases to exceed the daily calorie intake. True, sibutramine can only be used in complex therapy, under the constant supervision of a doctor, and if other methods of combating obesity have not worked, and the patient has a high risk of developing diseases associated with overweight. Anorexic women, of course, do not have obesity, but they are underweight. And this body, already weakened, is forced to fight side effects sibutramine.

In the countries of the European Community, the use of sibutramine was suspended in 2010 when the European Agency medicines published the results of risk studies side effects medications: the drug should not be taken by patients who have ever had diseases of the cardiovascular system - it can cause tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, increased blood pressure, as well as convulsions, dizziness, dysmenorrhea and more than 20 side effects.

Fluoxetine

He's Prozac. This is not a weight loss drug, but a powerful antidepressant, one of the side effects of which is loss of appetite. A person suffering from depression, while taking fluoxetine, will notice an improvement in mood, a decrease in anxiety and fear, and a normalization of sleep. A pronounced effect will appear after a week of taking the drug. If fluoxetine is appropriate for the patient. If not, then the impressive list of side effects of taking fluoxetine is not at all the worst. At one time, the pharmaceutical company that produced Prozac hid the fact that more than 2,000 people committed suicide while taking fluoxetine drugs. Despite the fact that before that, suicidal thoughts did not bother them, despite the depression.

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ECA

Hell's cocktail: ephedrine, caffeine, aspirin. Ephedrine is a psychoactive poisonous alkaloid, a raw material for the production of drugs containing methamphetamine and ephedrone. The storage, use and sale of ephedrine in Russia is prohibited, but this fact does not stop anorexic women. It is impossible to find pure ephedrine, but ephedrine-containing drugs are easy to find: for example, Bronholitin cough syrup. The standard cocktail is 25 mg ephedrine, 250 caffeine and 250 aspirin. The girls take this mixture three times a day. Supposedly, it helps burn fat at lightning speed. At the same time, naturally, it adversely affects the cardiovascular system.

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Laxatives and diuretics

The principle of action of these drugs is clear: the former help to free the intestines, the latter have a diuretic effect - due to this, the illusion of weight loss is created. Naturally, neither the amount of muscle mass, nor the amount of fat from the intake of these drugs will change. But problems begin with gastrointestinal tract from the constant use of laxatives. Diuretics, however, cannot be used at all without a doctor's prescription: they remove potassium, calcium and magnesium ions from the body. It is very difficult to restore their balance without the supervision of a doctor and on condition of a half-starved diet.

Diets

The most popular two-week diet for anorexic women contains practically no food at all: 6 apples and 2 cucumbers are the only solid foods that are allowed to be eaten in 2 weeks!

Day 1 - green tea;
Day 2 - 4 glasses of kefir;
Day 3 - 1 bottle of mineral water;
4th day - 1 apple;
Day 5 - 4 glasses of milk;
Day 6 - green tea;
Day 7 - 4 glasses of milk;
Day 8 - 2 apples;
Day 9 - a liter of kefir;
Day 10 - 2 cucumbers;
Day 11 - green tea;
Day 12 - a liter of milk;
Day 13 - 3 apples;
Day 14 - mineral water.

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On the so-called "drinking" diet, there is no solid food at all. Only liquid. 10 days. For the most persistent - 14.

Between diets, girls switch to " healthy eating»: Thin slices of whole grain bread, 20 grams of dark chocolate (99% cocoa), a pinch of oatmeal, seasoned with grated green apple for sweetness - the usual menu for the day.

Self-torture

Naturally, the body is still trying to fight hunger, and girls, despite taking medications, have “breakdowns”. What they call "gluttony," but which is essentially trying to eat a normal portion of a regular meal - after all, after a long fast, eating more than the usual portion is problematic. It hurts.

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And for breakdowns, there is always punishment. That is, self-torture. Laying out your photos with the caption "I'm fat" is the mildest possible punishment. You can also upload a photo to an album for criticism and get a dose of insults. You can punish yourself with a dry hunger strike. Dry means you can't even drink. No food, no water.

When obsessive thoughts about food arise, anorexic women are advised to imagine instead of eating something terrible: worms, rotting corpses or excrement. Doing unpleasant things. Punish yourself with hard physical work.

And the last way is cuts. Anorexic women cut themselves (mainly their legs, many then upload photos of cuts on their thighs to the network). In fact, the problem of self-harm is not a problem of anorexia. Self-harm is an unhealthy attempt to eliminate emotional pain, intense anger, and frustration. It can bring short-term relief, both emotionally and physical level: on the one hand, there is a feeling of control over one's own body, on the other, a cut provides an adrenaline rush, which, in turn, makes past experiences irrelevant. But not for long. Then again comes the feeling of guilt, shame and the return of previously experienced emotions.

Our public learned about this disease relatively recently - and it came as a real shock. Until now, most people do not understand the full depth of the problem and consider it the result of ordinary stupidity. In fact, it is a nervous illness that, without timely and correct treatment, leads to death.

Anorexia nervosa

The word "anorexia" literally means "lack of appetite." Moreover, the patient does not just "eat badly" - he avoids food as something dangerous, extremely harmful. The purpose of this behavior is weight loss, fat loss. And beyond the goal of anorexic is beauty.

It should be clarified here that we can trace a similar scenario in hundreds of thousands of perfectly healthy people who simply monitor their appearance. Many of us periodically go on a diet, limit ourselves in nutrition, striving to lose weight and become more beautiful.

But with anorexia, perception is impaired! The patient is not able to adequately assess his own state: even with complete exhaustion, he notices on himself “ excess weight”And tries to get rid of it. It is easy to feel the difference in perception healthy person and a patient with anorexia: the latter admires himself, rejoices at what has been achieved and makes plans for future weight loss, and those around him, seeing him, feel horror, even disgust.

Since nutrition is the basis of the normal life of the body, metabolic disorders quickly join the nervous disorder in anorexia. Soon, a person's health is completely undermined: he simply cannot eat normally, vital processes are interrupted or proceed pathologically.

The activity of the cardiovascular system is disrupted, hair falls out, the skin loses its tone, hormonal regulation is upset, the digestive system stops absorbing food. In women, it is disturbed menstrual cycle, reproductive function. At some point, these violations become irreversible.

How people get anorexia

Who suffers from anorexia

It is wrong to think that this is a purely female disease. Although in most cases, anorexia nervosa occurs precisely in young women - up to 24 years old. But both children and people over 24 years old, including men, can be exposed to it.

Causes of anorexia nervosa

The main cause of the disease is mental instability. , which leads to obsession with the idea of ​​weight loss. This can happen if self-esteem is lowered, a person does not feel the strength to arrange his own life safely, seeks support in external factors, is strongly suggestible.

Then, especially popular today, the idea of ​​the equivalence of beauty and harmony - can become overvalued (in the pathological sense of this term). Indeed, in modern culture, there is a clear connection between success, wealth and a person's appearance. According to these rules, a woman should be very slim and young (this is one of the reasons why girls get anorexia more often than boys, for whom there are slightly different "ideals")). Often this image is strengthened, exaggerated. But what is possible on the stage, on the podium, especially in the photo, cannot always be realized in everyday life.

In addition, there are other factors that can predispose to the development of anorexia nervosa. For example, cases of similar disorders in relatives, violence, metabolic disorders of neurotransmitters (serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine) and a tendency to depression, and so on. But, strictly speaking, these factors do not cause anorexia itself, but lead precisely to the psychological instability on the basis of which this disease grows.

Signs of the development of anorexia

It is difficult for others to recognize anorexia in the initial stages. You need to be aware of a person's mental movements in order to notice that he is carried away by the idea of ​​losing weight and this hobby is pathologically amplified. That is, he not only decided to lose a couple of kilograms, but loses control over himself, ceases to adequately perceive his condition.

But, if next to you there is a person from the "risk group" - a young girl whose personality has not yet been formed, whose emotional state is not yet stable - you need to monitor the following:

• Exaggerated attention to appearance - your own or ideal images(models, actresses). The girl begins to spend more time in front of the mirror than usual, posing, examining herself. You can see parallels of comparison with certain ideals - their images can be in plain sight, for example, next to a mirror;
• The desire to lose weight leads to radical decisions, opinions. The girl generally refuses to eat, reports that most products are very harmful. If she nevertheless ate (under pressure from the family, for example), then she may close in the bathroom or toilet and cause vomiting. Such patients come up with various excuses so as not to participate in feasts, not to eat with other people;
• Constant attention to your own weight, weighing;
• Denial of nutritional problems - if you assume that the patient does not control his condition, cannot adequately assess his diet and its consequences for the body, then you will receive violent rejection in response;
• Depressed state. Possible violent outbursts of resentment, anger, euphoria, and then again depression;

Objective signs to look out for include weight loss. Different indices can be used to calculate the weight norm. For example, the Quetelet index, which is obtained by dividing the body weight (in kilograms) by the square of the height (in meters) (60 kg: (1.7m x 1.7m) = 20.8). The norm of the Quetelet index lies between 18.5 and 25. If this index is below 17.5, the body weight is insufficient.

Development of anorexia - symptoms

When efforts to lose weight bring tangible results (the patient loses about 20% of the weight), anorexia progresses. Instead of relaxing the restrictions, the person tightens their diet. Already during this period, disturbances in the work of the whole organism become noticeable.

Dehydration leads to a sharp deterioration in the condition of hair and skin, bones become more fragile - fractures and the appearance of joint diseases are possible. The cardiovascular system does not cope, which is reflected in a violation heart rate, pressure fluctuations. The girls stop menstrual cycle... Immunity drops critically. Etc.

These symptoms can no longer be overlooked. And urgent measures need to be taken - to start treatment. After all, life in such a state is already in mortal danger. And, after a year or, at the most, two, the changes become irreversible and it is no longer a question of life, but of life extension.

The question of when will come death and what will cause it is secondary (no matter how scary it may sound!). Much more important is how to preserve life and bring it closer to normal (after all, it will not be possible to fully restore health). Even if the patient himself wants to change his fate, he is no longer able to eat normally, gain weight. It requires constant and very careful treatment.

Treatment for anorexia nervosa

Based on the above, it is clear how important it is to start treatment as early as possible. Close people should not close their eyes even to the most fleeting suspicions and signs that may indicate the development of anorexia. Preventing this severe disorder is difficult. But it is almost impossible to cure it. Such a patient will experience psychological and physical difficulties all her life, for example, like people who used drugs.

So, the first and best thing to do is monitor the development of the personality of a teenager ... We need to help him overcome insecurity, dissatisfaction with himself. Excessive perfectionism, exactingness - can also become harbingers of anorexia. Therefore, it is important to learn to accept not only victories, but also defeats.

If anorexia nervosa is already in the second stage (weight loss, about 20%), it is also treated with psychotherapy ... Both individual sessions and classes with the family, group trainings are held.

Health food , which is prescribed to patients - is designed to normalize metabolism and promote weight gain to normal levels. You need to understand that the anorexic's body is no longer able to assimilate any food. Therefore, a physician-selected diet is required.

Can be assigned medications - antidepressants. For example, fluoxetine. It is possible to introduce solutions containing vitamins that eliminate dehydration.

It should be understood that anorexia nervosa can recur. In other words, such a patient, after therapy, may experience breakdowns, which will again lead to critical weight loss.

What to do if a loved one has anorexia nervosa

A few tips to help you navigate and do the right thing if you suspect a loved one has this disease:

• Do not try to appeal to "reason" and " common sense"Sick! He, as if, speaks in another language - does not understand and does not accept your arguments.
• Don't let yourself be persuaded! People with anorexia can talk very passionately, logically and defend their opinions with pathos.
• Do not trust everything that the patient says and does! For the sake of achieving "his goals", a person in this state is able to change his own principles - to lie, for example. Even having sincerely promised something, he may not keep his word - the disease is often stronger. The patient may pretend to agree with you, putting you to sleep.
• Don't expect anything - go to the doctor right away! Moreover, you need to immediately go to a psychotherapist. Preferably someone who specializes in anorexia. Better to let your fears turn out to be unfounded than you waste time. Even if you cannot persuade the patient to visit the doctor, go to the appointment yourself and discuss with the specialist what you should do next.

“I want to get sick” is a strange desire, isn't it? Nevertheless, hundreds of girls dream of getting anorexia. The main symptom of anorexia is critical weight loss. But this is by no means the only symptom. No wonder the full name of this disease sounds like anorexia nervosa. The bodily effects are based precisely on psychological problems and it is precisely with the stereotypes that have stuck in the head that it is necessary to fight. What motivates girls who want to exchange a healthy, albeit imperfect, body for an advertised ideal? Each one has its own: someone was told by a guy that she was fat, and someone's idol was sick with anorexia. But if the girl does not stop in time, irreversible processes may begin in the body and even treatment will not be able to help.

In this article, we will give you some bad advice on how to get anorexia with the hope that you never use them yourself, and also tell all of your losing weight friends about anorexia.

When a girl decides to lose weight, she voluntarily refuses many products. Some of them are harmful, such as sweets; and some are very necessary - but not allowed. In order for the body to receive at least the minimum amount of all the necessary minerals and trace elements, nutritionists have compiled a balanced menu for losing weight girls. It contains meat, bread and even a little butter. Everything so that the body does not experience stress and remains able to work. Unfortunately, such diets do not allow you to lose weight as quickly as you want, so you will not take into account the advice of nutritionists and develop your own menu. Monday - two apples, Tuesday - oatmeal and tea, Wednesday - water. As a result, after a week of such nutrition, you will feel just disgusting, you will be overcome by weakness, headaches and drowsiness will appear. But you will lose as much as 5 kilograms in a week and take a day off at work to rest.

Effects: You will lose weight faster than the rest, more reasonable girls, but over time you will begin to feel unwell. Without eating everything that the body needs, you not only organize yourself vitamin deficiency, but also a deficiency of amino acids, carbohydrates, and minerals. All this together will lead to a deterioration appearance... From a lack of calcium, nails will break and joints hurt; the lack of collagen will affect the condition of the skin and the like. Vitamins play a huge role in the functioning of a healthy body and if they are not enough or not at all, it instantly affects the systemic health of a person.

If a rigid diet did not bring desired results, it is worth giving up the diet altogether. And from food. After all, a person can live without food for 21 days. It's okay if you go hungry for two weeks, will it?

Effects: A person can really live without food for about three weeks, but irreversible processes in the body begin earlier. And when they start, they won't tell you about it, so when you decide to stop, it might be too late. Already on the fourth or fifth day of the hunger strike, you will begin to feel tired and exhausted. The organs and tissues will not have enough energy to function properly. Hunger and further you will face loss of consciousness and memory impairment. The organ that is weakest in your body will suffer. Add to this the pains in the stomach and all the above symptoms and you will understand that you will not be able to stand it for a long time.

Or you may not go on a diet at all. They ate, enjoyed, and then drank the emetic and, vuyala, the stomach is empty, there are no calories, the weight is not gained. True, the feeling of hunger appears very quickly, but who said it would be easy?

Effects: Vomiting is stress for the body, it's even worse than just not eating. Soon you will have pain in the esophagus, constantly, and you will have to see a doctor. The condition of the skin and hair will immediately deteriorate.

I had to eat a piece of cake with a friend, but you can't, so when you come home you almost crying change into sportswear and start exercising. To the point of exhaustion. There are 600 calories in the cake, that is, you only need to run 8 kilometers or do four hours of aerobics so that tomorrow morning you will not get better! Well, a tough diet, of course; the next three days - one water, as punishment for a breakdown.

Effects: After such a workout, you will not be able to play sports normally for another three days, because the body needs to be accustomed to physical activity gradually. The same goes for nutrition. Sharp jumps from diet to gluttony, and even in combination with prolonged exercise, can cause metabolic disorders. And then the kilograms will steadily begin to go away and you will lose weight not because you are on a diet, but because you are sick. As you continue to exercise, you will soon experience bone and muscle pain and simply will not have the strength to exercise. The body, which will not have enough calories for simple life, will not allow you to exhaust it also physical activity... You will even get tired of cleaning the room.

All losing weight girls sooner or later come to mind to block the feeling of hunger with something that makes it impossible to get better. And often the choice falls on cigarettes, the dangers of which have already been written - rewritten publications. But they are not high in calories, you can smoke as much as you want, and the weight will not increase. It is a little more difficult with alcohol, firstly, you cannot use it at work, and secondly, there are, albeit few, calories in it. But in the evening at home, that's it!

Effects: Alcohol, cigarettes will completely undermine your health if you are on a rigid diet. The effect of all this symbiosis can be compared to a bucket cold water poured out on a frozen person. Bad habits will accelerate weight loss, as a result, anorexia and poison the body.

We hope that after reading our harmful advice, you understand what anorexia really is and what girls do with their bodies in order to be awarded the title of a patient with this dangerous ailment. The disease is insidious also because most of the patients with anorexia deny their illness and even interfere with the provision of assistance. And even if the girl understands that she needs help, she cannot self-medicate. A girl who is sick with anorexia should not begin to actively feed, because this can cause even more harm to the body. The patient needs to be slowly and smoothly removed from this state, which can only be done by a doctor.

Do not chase ideals. A person who loves himself and his body will never get sick with anorexia.

And if you still think that it would be useful for you to lose a few pounds - do it wisely. Talk to your dietitian and work with them to create a menu that suits you. Do not torture yourself with physical activity, do a little, but every day or, if the form allows, several times a day.

Take care of your health and beauty. Anorexia can take both away from you.

Society has learned about such a problem as anorexia relatively recently. A rare and little-known disease has become a real scourge of modern society, and all thanks to a new fashion trend, which has elevated the figure of "model" appearance into a cult. Looking at the graceful top models who embody the modern fashion industry, millions of girls and women around the world begin to starve themselves and limit their own diet in order to achieve the desired parameters of 90-60-90. However, in pursuit of slim body most of them fall into a psychological trap, which eventually leads to a clinic for the mentally ill, or even leads to death by starvation. What is this disease and how do they get anorexia?

Psychological basis of the disease

The main reason is an internal psychological conflict (based, most often, on a conflict with the mother), low self-esteem. Usually parents of "anorexic" are authoritarian personalities, with an overestimated level of control and excessive demands on the child. A child in such a family is definitely not loved, he is loved for any achievements. It is very difficult to overcome such a childhood legacy; you cannot do without the help of a psychiatrist. Relatives should understand that anorexia is an expression of the suicidal tendencies of the patient.

Where does anorexia begin?

Almost every person has been on a diet at least once in their life. There is nothing wrong with this, because the result diet food there should be cleansing of the body from toxins and normalization of weight, which is necessary for good health. However, some people, mostly young women, go too far in their desire to lose weight! The initial goal of losing weight is not the health of the body, but a slender figure. That is why young ladies choose the toughest mono-diets for themselves, which allow them to lose weight many times faster.

How does anorexia develop?

It is with the desire to lose weight at any cost that mental changes begin to occur in the human body, which are expressed in impaired perception and eating behavior. The desire to look slim at all costs leads to the fact that a person ceases to perceive himself adequately. In his mind own body ceases to be attractive, and even with the ideal parameters of the figure of an anorexic patient, it seems as if her body is covered with fat folds and looks just awful. This pushes an already ill person to new and more sophisticated ways to lose weight. In the course are laxatives, induction of vomiting, attempts to completely abandon food and switch to water alone. At the same time, the stubborn desire to lose weight is fueled by an even stronger feeling - the panic fear of obesity. The patient simply does not notice his own exhaustion, and all attempts to reason with a girl with anorexia cause misunderstanding and aggression.

But along with the mental illness, the body of the "anorexic" suffers. Refusal to eat, which means a deficiency of vitamins and minerals, leads to the fact that the patient's body weight decreases by 25% or more! Due to a lack of nutrition in such persons, the intestines stop working, muscles atrophy, hair and teeth fall out, fragility of bones increases, and in women the menstrual cycle is disrupted. Once beautiful figure a sick girl begins to resemble a skeleton covered with skin. The result of this dangerous disease is organic damage to internal organs, as a result of which the cells of the body simply die off, threatening death.

Close people living with an anorexic patient should know that a decrease in body weight of more than 30% requires urgent hospitalization! The anorexic patient himself will never go to the doctor, but he needs urgent help, and above all, close people who are simply obliged to sound the alarm!

Medical statistics

According to statistics, after undergoing treatment for anorexia, only 40% fully recover, and in another 23% of patients, the condition improves. About 25% of people with anorexia develop a chronic form of the disease, and 6% of these people die from exhaustion or suicide.

The worst thing is that many modern girls dream of getting sick with "anorexia" in order to gain slim figure! This destructive desire cannot but be alarming, and therefore knowing how they get sick with anorexia, you can help your family and friends to avoid this unenviable fate. Health to you!

How to get anorexia: risk factors, stages and consequences of the disease

Anorexia- a serious eating disorder, manifested in a critical decrease in human body weight and the development of irreversible changes in body systems. The disease is most often observed in female patients in the young age category from 11 to 25 years. Anorexia is characterized by a gradual build-up of symptoms that reflect changes in the physiological state and mental sphere.

Periodization

Anorexia in its development goes through three successive stages, and the danger of the condition increases as the disease progresses.

Dysmorphic stage

In the initial phase of anorexia, psychoemotional personality defects come to the fore. The person loses the ability to perceive the real body constitution in her. The conviction arises in the presence of visual deformity in the form of obesity, although objective analysis refutes excessive obesity.

In the sphere of thinking of the individual, the illogical idea of ​​personal inferiority dominates, humiliating and accusatory thoughts directed at oneself. The person is in a depressed state, reflecting on their own uselessness. The intensity of the irrational fear of gaining excess weight increases. Changes in the behavior of the patient with anorexia are observed. A person begins to be intensely interested in ways fast weight loss, chooses the toughest diets for himself, becomes a fan of sports.

Anorectic phase

During this stage, a person's body weight decreases by 25 - 30%. Each dropped kilogram causes a surge of strength and excitement in the patient, and the individual perceives the minimally increased weight as a personal tragedy. At this stage, the person, in addition to food restrictions, begins to use pharmacological agents acting for weight loss uncontrollably.

Weight loss gives rise to dysfunction of internal organs. Suffers in the first place the cardiovascular system, which is manifested by a change in heart rate and the acquisition of a hypotonic status. Decreased circulation and deficiency nutrients has a negative effect on the functioning of the brain, which leads to a variety of neurological and mental defects.

Cachectic phase

The final stage of anorexia starts on average one and a half years after the start of deliberate fasting. Internal organs are undergoing significant changes. In the body, metabolism and water-electrolyte balance are disturbed. The patient's weight can be only 50% of the established norm, which is directly reflected in the person's appearance. In addition to the pronounced thinness, the condition of the skin changes: the skin takes on a dull color, abundantly flakes and cracks. Thinning of hair on the head and destruction of the nail plates are noticeable.

The mental sphere of the personality is depressed: signs of severe depression with suicidal ideas are recorded. The consequences of anorexia are serious irreversible somatic ailments and mental disorders... According to statistics, the prevalence of mortality from anorexia reaches 10% of all cases.

How to get anorexia: causes of the disorder

Despite the variety of reasons for the development of anorexia, all provoking factors can be classified into three groups:

• personal;
• hereditary;
• biological.

Factor 1. Individual personality traits

Most of the patients who have been diagnosed with anorexia are persons with pronounced features of the personality constitution. Scientific research on how to get sick with anorexia has established a predisposition to the disease in people who were rewarded from birth with the temperament of a melancholic.

In the risk group, there are persons with traits of excessive anxiety, suspiciousness and impressionability. Such persons are very afraid to receive a negative assessment from others and react painfully to criticism addressed to them. An individual with an eating disorder is distinguished by a dependent behavior model, which is combined with an obsessive desire to be recognized in society.

A characteristic feature of the patient is a tendency to fixate on his feelings and experiences. Any mention of his name in society deprives a person of calmness for a long time, forcing him to resort to an analysis of his own personality. Almost all patients with anorexia are introverts. Instead of showing their emotions, they prefer to "stew in their own juice."

Another feature of patients is the presence of an "excellent student" complex, that is, the desire to fulfill their obligations perfectly. One can also point out the presence of a certain pedantry in the individual, since he very scrupulously observes the "prescribed" recommendations for himself and moves with special persistence towards the intended goal.

Since anorexia is a pathology, most often recorded during the period of personality formation, adolescent asceticism is often the trigger for the disease. A girl who does not understand that her behavior is controlled by violent hormonal changes builds illusory barriers in her imagination. One of such imaginary hindrances is supposedly her overweight, with which it is imperative to fight.

Often, anorexia is the result of a kind of renunciation of social norms. Refusing to eat, the teenager tries to assert himself, proving to others: “I can do whatever I want. Therefore, I want - I eat, but I want - I starve. "

Another important factor for triggering the disease is the adolescent's low self-esteem due to overly strict parenting. By depriving his body of food for weight loss, a teenager demonstrates that he is a strong-willed and mature person, capable of achieving a set goal. However, the fact that such a goal is unnatural, the young lady is not able to understand and recognize.

The trigger for the disorder can be experienced mental, physical or sexual abuse or received psycho-emotional trauma.

Factor 2. Unfavorable heredity

A family history study of individuals with an eating disorder has established the hereditary nature of anorexia. In most patients, close relatives had significant neurotic problems in the form of excessive overeating or total refusal from food. Also, the parents of some girls undergoing inpatient treatment had mental spectrum difficulties in the form of depression, psychopathy, phobias or obsessive-compulsive disorders, alcoholism or drug addiction.

An interesting hypothesis, according to geneticists, is the presence of family defects in the genome in the form of excessive activity of certain genes that directly control human eating behavior. Also, a family predisposition to gene mutations that control the psychoemotional status of an individual is determined.

However, all "genetic" theories are not a true provocateur of anorexia, but are fertile ground for the formation of a disease, the start of which occurs for psychological reasons.

Factor 3. Biological aspect

The main biological factor that initiates the development of anorexia is pathology endocrine system, manifested in human obesity from childhood. In the risk group, there are girls in whom hormonal changes occur earlier than the time corresponding to the norm.

Among biological reasons, scientists hypothesize the effect of neutrotransmitters on abnormal eating behavior. Failure in metabolism or insufficient production of serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine can cause changes in eating habits.

According to another version, attributed to biological reasons, the culprit of anorexia is a lack of certain trace elements in the body. A person who is zinc deficient has a high risk of rapid weight loss.

Treatment

Treatment of anorexia involves complex measures consisting of the use of powerful pharmacological agents and the use of an arsenal of psychotherapy. The highest and most persistent results can be achieved when conducting a course of hypnotic sessions. Thanks to the techniques of hypnosis, it is possible to identify the true causes of anorexia, motivate the individual to perform therapeutic measures and change the program of self-destructive behavior.

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