Anorexia Nervosa by Leslie Delgado https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y Insightful Knowledge on an eating disorder that affects more than just the body. BY Leslie Delgado en-us 2018-03-19 01:35:30 UTC 2018-03-19 02:07:24 UTC hello@padlet.com What is it? ldelgado22 https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243296794 Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by weight loss (or lack of appropriate weight gain in growing children); difficulties maintaining an appropriate body weight for height, age, and stature; and, in many individuals, distorted body image. ]]> 2018-03-19 01:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243296794 Diagnose Criteria ldelgado22 https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243296941
  • Restriction of energy intake relative to requirements leading to a significantly low body weight in the context of age, sex, developmental trajectory, and physical health.
  • Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight.
  • Disturbance in the way in which one's body weight or shape is experienced, undue influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the current low body weight.

    • ]]>     2018-03-19 01:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243296941     Who it affects? ldelgado22 https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243297147 Anorexia can affect people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, races, and ethnicity. Historians and psychologists have found evidence of people displaying symptoms of anorexia for hundreds or thousands of years]]> 2018-03-19 01:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243297147 Emotional and behavioral Symptoms ldelgado22 https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243297692
  • Dramatic weight loss
  • Dresses in layers to hide weight loss or stay warm
  • Is preoccupied with weight, food, calories, fat grams, and dieting
  • Refuses to eat certain foods, progressing to restrictions against whole categories of food (e.g., no carbohydrates, etc.)
  • Seems concerned about eating in public
  • Has limited social spontaneity
  • Resists or is unable to maintain a body weight appropriate for their age, height, and build 
  • Has intense fear of weight gain or being “fat,” even though underweight
  • Has disturbed experience of body weight or shape, undue influence of weight or shape on self-evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of low body weight
  • Post-puberty female loses menstrual period

    • ]]>     2018-03-19 01:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243297692     Physical Symptoms ldelgado22 https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243298149
  • Stomach cramps, other non-specific gastrointestinal complaints (constipation, acid reflux, etc.)
  • Difficulties concentrating
  • Abnormal laboratory findings (anemia, low thyroid and hormone levels, low potassium, low blood cell counts, slow heart rate)
  • Dizziness
  • Fainting/syncope
  • Feeling cold all the time
  • Sleep problems
  • Dry skin
  • Dry and brittle nails
  • Swelling around area of salivary glands
  • Fine hair on body (lanugo)
  • Thinning of hair on head, dry and brittle hair 
  • Cavities, or discoloration of teeth, from vomiting
  • Muscle weakness

    • ]]>     2018-03-19 01:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243298149     Prevalance ldelgado22 https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243298567 Since anorexia is so well-known, people assume that it is also common. But in reality, less than 2 percent of the population has true anorexia. 
    In a life time .9% of women experience anorexia and men experience .3%, a total of 1.2% of the entire population. Being compared to Bulimia that totals 1.6% of the population.]]>     2018-03-19 01:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243298567     Causes ldelgado22 https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243299292 There us no clear cut off to causes but can include
    • Cultural beauty ideals
    • Relatives or friends who exhibit the behavior
    • Trauma, stress, depression, and other psychiatric issues
    • Personal genetics, hormonal issues, and other body chemistry issues
    It is hard to determine which of these may come first in any situation. The circumstances surrounding a particular individual beginning to exhibit these behaviors or leading into the full disorder are likely different than those of any other individual. For this reason, personalized treatment is necessary to help manage the symptoms for each person.

    ]]>     2018-03-19 01:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243299292     ldelgado22 https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243299721 “Another page turns on the calendar, April now, not March.

    .........

    I am spinning the silk threads of my story, weaving the fabric of my world...I spun out of control. Eating was hard. Breathing was hard. Living was hardest.

    I wanted to swallow the bitter seeds of forgetfulness...Somehow, I dragged myself out of the dark and asked for help.

    I spin and weave and knit my words and visions until a life starts to take shape.

    There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.

    I am thawing.”
    ― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls]]>     2018-03-19 01:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243299721     ldelgado22 https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243299879 “I am forever engaged in a silent battle in my head over whether or not to lift the fork to my mouth, and when I talk myself into doing so, I taste only shame. I have an eating disorder.”
    ― Jena Morrow, Hollow: An Unpolished Tale]]>     2018-03-19 02:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243299879     Anorexia Nervosa ldelgado22 https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243300117 2018-03-19 02:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243300117 ldelgado22 https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243300284 2018-03-19 02:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243300284 ldelgado22 https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243300810 2018-03-19 02:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ldelgado22/r7p7e8b43x8y/wish/243300810