anorexia

Home Forums Blogs Articles Photos Videos Contact FAQ

Dream Sharing Forum
at Global Oneness Community.
Share your dreams and let others help you with the interpretation!
Dream Sharing Forum

anorexia
A Wisdom Archive on anorexia

anorexia A selection of articles related to anorexia

We recommend this article: anorexia - 1, and also this: anorexia - 2.

More material related to Anorexia can be found here:

YouTube Videos
related to
Anorexia

Index of Articles
related to
Anorexia

Glossary
related to
Anorexia

Dream Dictionary
related to
Anorexia

anorexia, Anorexia, Anorexia - Causes, Anorexia - Results

» Page 1 « Page 2 Page 3 More »

ARTICLES RELATED TO anorexia

anorexia: Encyclopedia - Anorexia

Anorexia (deriving from the Greek όρεξη (orexe) = appetite) is the decreased sensation of appetite. While the term in non-scientific publications is often used interchangably with one of its subtypes, anorexia nervosa, there are many possible causes for a decreased appetite, some of which may be harmless while others pose significant risk for the person. Anorexia - Causes. Common disorders that cause anorexia include anorexia nervosa, severe depression, cancer, dementia, AIDS, and chroni ...

Including:

Read more here: » Anorexia: Encyclopedia - Anorexia

anorexia: Encyclopedia - Anorexia nervosa Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by voluntary starvation and exercise stress. Anorexia nervosa is a complex disease, involving psychological, sociological and physiological components. A person who is suffering from anorexia is referred to as 'anorexic' or (less commonly) 'anorectic'. "Anorectic" is the noun form, where "anorexic" is the adjectival form. These two are often used incorrectly when applied. Although technically incorrect, the term is frequently shortened to anorexia, which simply refers to the medical symptom of lost appetite. In this article, anorexia ...

Including:

Anorexia nervosa - Characteristics

Anorexia nervosa - Treatment

Anorexia nervosa - Notable anorectics

anorexia: Encyclopedia II - Anorexia - Causes

Common disorders that cause anorexia include anorexia nervosa, severe depression, cancer, dementia, AIDS, and chronic renal disease. Environmentally induced disorders, such as altitude sickness, can also trigger an acute form of anorexia. Anorexia may also be seen in congestive heart failure, perhaps due to congestion of the liver with venous blood. Although the presenting symptom (the one which prompts a patient to seek medical attention) in acute appendicitis is abdominal pain, the presence of anorexia is ...

Including:

anorexia: Encyclopedia - Cachexia

Cachexia is loss of weight, muscle wasting, fatigue, weakness and anorexia (not anorexia nervosa) in someone who is not actively trying to lose weight. It can be a sign of various underlying disorders; when a patient presents with cachexia, a doctor will generally consider the possibility of cancer, certain infectious diseases (e.g. tuberculosis) and some autoimmune disorders. Cachexia - Mechanism. The exact mechanism in which these diseases cause cachexia is poorly understood, but there is p ...

Including:

Cachexia - Mechanism

Read more here: » Cachexia: Encyclopedia - Cachexia

anorexia: Encyclopedia - Appetite

The appetite is the desire to eat food, felt as hunger. Appetite exists in all higher lifeforms, and serves to regulate adequate energy intake to maintain metabolic needs. It is regulated by a close interplay between the digestive tract, adipose tissue and the brain. Decreased desire to eat is termed anorexia, while polyphagia (or "hyperphagia") is increased eating. Dysregulation of appetite contributes to anorexia nervosa and cachexia on one side, and obesity on the other side of the spectrum. Appetite - Regulation. ...

Including:

Appetite - Regulation

Read more here: » Appetite: Encyclopedia - Appetite

anorexia: Encyclopedia - Starvation

Starvation is a severe reduction in vitamin, nutrient, and energy intake, and is the most extreme form of malnutrition. In humans, prolonged starvation (in excess of 1-2 months) causes permanent organ damage and may eventually result in death. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, more than 25,000 people die of starvation every day, more than 800 million people are chronically undernourished. On average, every five seconds a child dies from starvation. Starvation - Symptoms. ...

Including:

anorexia: Encyclopedia - Brucellosis

Brucellosis (Undulant fever or Malta fever) is an infectious disease caused by the Brucella bacteria, which induces inconstant fevers, sweating, weakness, anorexia, headaches, depression and muscular and bodily pain. The popular name of the condition is originated due to the inconstance (or undulance) of the fever, which raises and falls constantly. Brucellosis is named after its researcher David Bruce. The disease is transmitted either through contaminated or untreated milk (and its derivates) or through d ...

anorexia: Encyclopedia - Bulimia nervosa

Bulimia nervosa, more commonly known as bulimia, is an eating disorder. It is a psychological condition in which the subject engages in recurrent binge eating followed by intentionally doing one or more of the following in order to compensate for the intake of the food and prevent weight gain: vomiting, inappropriate use of laxatives, enemas, diuretics or other medication, excessive exercising, fasting. Bulimia nervosa - The five DSM-IV critera. The foll ...

Including:

Bulimia nervosa - Mortality risk

Bulimia nervosa - At-risk groups

anorexia: Encyclopedia - Body weight

Body weight is simply the weight of any animal, including humans. The term is usually encountered in connection with: food and feeding behaviour normal and abnormal growth and development the physiological and hormonal control of ingestion and digestion foraging for food in non-human animals hunger and other motivations to eat problems in regulating body weight, often resulting in obesity eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and ...

anorexia: Encyclopedia - Cat scratch fever

Cat scratch fever or Cat-scratch disease is a usually benign infectious disease, most commonly found in children 1-2 weeks following a cat scratch. It was first described in 1889 by Henri Parinaud and has been called Parinaud oculoglandular disease and la maladie des griffes du chat. The cat was recognized as the vector of the disease in 1931 by Dr. Robert Debré. The disease begins with a small pustule at the site of the scratch, and painful swelling of the local lymph nodes follows. In more severe ...

anorexia: Encyclopedia - ANA

ANA is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: Afghan National Army Albanian National Army All Nippon Airways American Numismatic Association American Nurses Association Amtrak's 3-letter code for the rail station at Anaheim, California, USA Anaheim Angels Anti-nuclear antibody Athens News Agency Australian National Airways Australian Natives Association A Non Acronym (a computer languag ...

Read more here: » ANA: Encyclopedia - ANA

anorexia: Encyclopedia - Binge eating

Binge eating is a pattern of disordered eating which consists of episodes of uncontrollable overeating. It is somtimes as a simptom of Binge eating disorder. During such binges, a person rapidly consumes an excessive amount of food, typically sweet high-calorie foods of a soft texture, such as ice cream or cookies. Most people who have eating binges try to hide this behaviour from others. They often feel ashamed or depressed about their overeating. Eating binges can be followed by so-called compensatory behaviour, acts by which the person tries to compensate for the effects of overeating. Examples of such acts a ...

anorexia: Encyclopedia - Body dysmorphic disorder

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a mental disorder which involves a disturbed body image. The central feature of BDD is that persons who are afflicted with it are excessively dissatisfied with their body because of a perceived physical defect. An example would be a woman who is extremely worried that her nose is too big, although other people don't notice anything unusual about it. Body dysmorphic disorder - Diagnostic criteria DSM-IV-TR. The DSM-IV-TR, the latest version of the diagnostic manual o ...

Including:

anorexia: Encyclopedia - Weight loss

In the context of physical health, weight loss is the process of losing body weight, typically by losing fat. To achieve weight loss, more calories must be expended than taken in. This can be achieved by reducing the amount of food consumed, increasing physical activity or a combination of the two. For healthy weight loss, most experts recommend a combination of healthy eating patterns and regular physical exercise. Other methods of losing weight include use of prescribed or herbal drugs or chemicals that decrease appetite and/or incr ...

anorexia: Encyclopedia - Culture-specific syndrome

In medicine and medical anthropology, a culture-specific syndrome or culture-bound syndrome is a combination of psychiatric and somatic symptoms that are considered to be a recognizable disease only within a specific society or culture. There are no objective biochemical or structural alterations of body organs or functions, and the disease is not recognized in other cultures. While a substantial portion of mental disorders, in the way they are manifested and experienced, are at least partially conditioned by the culture in whi ...

Including:

anorexia: Encyclopedia - Carotene

Carotene is an orange photosynthetic pigment that is important for photosynthesis. It is responsible for the orange colour of the carrot, and can cause people who have consumed enough to turn slightly yellow. It does not actively contribute in photosynthesis, but instead it transmits the energy it absorbs to chlorophyll. Chemically, carotene is a terpene. It is the dimer of retinol (vitamin A) and comes in two primary forms: α and β-carotene (also γ, δ and ε-carotene). These can be stored in the liver. Carotene can be conv ...

Including:

Read more here: » Carotene: Encyclopedia - Carotene

anorexia: Encyclopedia - Atrophy

Atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body. Causes of atrophy include poor nourishment, poor circulation, loss of hormonal support, loss of nerve supply to the target organ, disuse or lack of exercise, or disease intrinsic to the tissue itself. Hormonal and nerve inputs that maintain an organ or body part are referred to as trophic. Atrophy is a general physiological process of reabsorption and breakdown of tissues, involving apoptosis on a cellular level. It can be part of normal body developm ...

Including:

Atrophy - Atrophy examples

Read more here: » Atrophy: Encyclopedia - Atrophy

anorexia: Encyclopedia II - Anorexia nervosa - Treatment

Successful treatment of, and recovery from, anorexia is possible, but it can take many years. The earlier intervention arrests the course of the disease, the more successful the treatment is likely to be. Anorexia nervosa has the highest death rate of all mental illnesses, with as many as 20% of anorexics eventually dying of complications of the disease, usually from heart/organ failure or low levels of potassium. Once an anorexic reaches a certain weight, death becomes a very real possibility. The BMI (or body mass index) where this starts ...

Dream Sharing Forum

anorexia

A Wisdom Archive on anorexia

ARTICLES RELATED TO anorexia

Including:

Including:

See also:

Including:

Including:

Including:

Including:

Including:

Including:

Including:

Including:

Including:

See also:

See also:

Rate this archive!