It is an eating disorder characterised by abnormal low body weight and an intense fear of gaining weight. Obsession may become and leads to this disorder.
They put extreme efforts on reducing weight even though with normal weight and shape. May also try to lose weight by exercising excessively. There is constant fear of gaining weight, and to prevent this they may severely restrict food.
Due to this unhealthy habits, people with anorexia easily fall sick which may become life threatening.
Symptoms
Extreme weight loss
Weak and thin body
Insomnia
Anxiety
Fainting and dizziness
Anaemia, low blood pressure and abnormal blood counts
Dehydration
Thinning of hair
Swelling of hands and feet
Unhealthy dry cracked skin
Calluses on knuckles from induced vomiting
Behavioural symptoms
- Restricted food intake through fasting.
- Exercising excessively
- Self-induced vomiting
Emotional symptoms
- Skipping meals
- Repeated measuring body weight
- Spitting food out after chewing
- Frequent checking of mirror
- Making excuses for not eating
- Complaining about being fat even though weight
- Doesn’t likes to eat in public
- Insomnia
- Anxiety of being fat
- Social withdrawal
Causes
Psychological factors play a major role, they have high levels of anxiety and desire to weight loss is seen.
It could be due to obsessive compulsive disorder.
Peer pressure is the most common among young girls.
Homeopathic approach
Anorexia nervosa is a condition where the deranged mental health shows impact on physical body. The obsession of body shaping in young women is a false perception in most of the cases. Individuals should reach out to Psychologist for counselling for better understanding. And also homeopathic medicine helps to get over through the obsession. Remedies like Natrum mur and Pulsatilla are helpful in this condition. Sepia and Argentum nitricum are also helpful when there is much of anxiety. Nux vom and Ars alb helps in gaining good health when there is much weakness and lethargy. At Gouri Homeo Healthway, a proper study is done of your constitution and a remedy is served to you to get over the obsession of anorexia.
