Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia Nervosa



Anorexia Nervosa

Introduction

There are several people who have eating disorders are yet refuse or resist its treatment. It is therefore people inculcate the symptoms of anorexia nervosa; an eating disorder that in generated in people for years and they are unable to identify it initially. Patients having the symptoms of anorexia nervosa are usually pressurized by the family members and their friends to have a proper treatment before this disease brings other effects. Anorexia nervosa is a life threatening disease as people resist eating anything at all and therefore they can become weak and the body can easily be defeated by germs and other deadly diseases. In Anorexia nervosa patients resist eating even by artificial means, not only are patients unable to make decisions but also bear the compromise on their nutritional status.

It is a Psychological problem caused by eating disorders take much in the industrialized nations, most affected are young girls and women. The signs of anorexia (anorexia nervosa) are weight control, particularly hunger, weight loss and exaggerated. Those affected drink lots of water to numb the feeling of hunger, appetite suppressants and laxatives also be taken. It is often excessively driven racing in order to burn more calories and continue to decrease (Agras, 2008).

Characteristics of anorexia

Following are some of the main characteristics of Anorexia nervosa:

Great concern regarding weight

Fear of becoming obese or gaining weight

The deliberate maintenance of very low birth weight

Often there is no menstrual cycle

People with anorexia have a strong desire to lose weight and be thin (often unhealthily so). Even though patients suffering from anorexia are very weak and underweight even then they generally are of the believe that they are obese. Weight of the patients along with food and appearance frequently befall as the main focus patients suffering from anorexia (Brown & Henry, 2009).

Discussion

Reasons of refusal for treatment

The doctors of the University of the British Colombia namely Dr. Laird Birmingham, Elliott Goldner and Victoria Smye state that patients who are struggling from eating disorders adopt a number of reasons for the refusal of treatment. Many of the patients are of the belief that they do not have any eating disorder at all, and their friends and family members are more concerned about the problem or are exaggerating the symptoms the symptoms making it into a disease.

On the other hand patients are aware of the fact that they are struggling with Anorexia Nervosa but feel embarrassed or ashamed of the signs and are also frightened of being exposed to the family and peers. Similarly many patients fear the probable effects of Anorexia's treatment. These are gaining weight or meddling along with their force to work out, totally restrict themselves from food intake, the patients even purge and lose weight.

Right to refuse

Many of the patients facing the anorexia nervosa are of the belief that they have the right to refuse to get proper medical checkup and treatment. The main reason these patients have in mind and refuse on that basis are as ...