Girls going through improper restricted dieting: could be a psychiatric illness?

Today lets talk about eating disorder that most of women face nowadays. Eating disorders is emerging problem in today's century. "I am on diet" is heard from most of girls mainly in adolescence (13-20 years of age).

There are different type of eating disorder namely; Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia nervosa, Binge eating disorder, Obesity, psychogenic vomiting. Today i would like to give some information on basis of my study about Anorexia nervosa (the disorder of thinness)

In this disorder the person has intense fear of gaining weight which doesn't allow them to eat and fear doesn't go away even if body becomes very thin or underweight. There is significant weight loss usually more than 25% of original weight without any known medical illness. The person restricts their diet and even can have peculiar handling of food such as breaking food into small bits, exercise compulsively or vigorously, hiding foods or don't buy foods. Some people (about 50%) have bulimic episodes known as binge eating characterized by rapid consumption of large amount of food. then they have guilt and purge via self-induced vomiting or abusing laxatives.

You may feel hopeless and get into depression and can have some emotional and behavioral symptoms such as:

• Always talk about weight and preoccupied with food,calories,dieting
• Makes frequent comment about being fat
• Cooks meal for others but doesn't eat her/himself
• Makes excuses to avoid meals
• Maintains rigid excessive exercise
• becomes isolated and refuses to go out.

Not only these anguish but you even start to develop physical disturbances due to being deprived of nutrition. One may feel dizzy, have weakness, stomach cramps, gastritis,dry mouth and skin due to dehydration(consequence of  vomiting). Your immunity decreases and the you suffer from various other serious medical consequences.

So ladies those reading this text i would like to give you advice that if these kind of thoughts about diet is going through your mind and you are suffering form this then please consult a doctor.

P.S. : being on restricted diet is okay but complete avoidance might lead to disaster.
       
         Have a balanced diet and stay healthy, not skinny.