Eating Disorders in Men

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and an obsession with losing weight; almost as if it is their hobby. People always ask how a person can think their overweight when they so obviously aren’t. Well, it isn’t because that person necessarily thinks that their fat; rather, they have a distorted body image and so that’s when the obsession to lose weight comes into play. Looking up statistics on anorexia, I found some startling statistics about death and anorexia.
Approximately five to ten percent of people with anorexia die as a result of either starvation or suicide. Most of these deaths are sudden and are probably due to cardiac arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats), although some may also be due to coma caused by low blood sugar. The chances of death are highest in anorectic women who lose more than thirty percent of their original weight and in those who rely on purges to enhance their weight loss. (Anorexia).
Anorexia, other than the obvious thinness, does not have any striking symptoms. It isn’t so much ...

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faintness, and thirst) and of electrolyte imbalance (such as muscle cramps and weakness, prickling sensations, copious urination, palpitations, and abnormalities in the hearts electrical activity). (Anorexia)
Anorexic people may also experience fluid depletion, imbalanced electrolytes, and associated symptoms because they abuse diuretics and laxatives.
While anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa have similar symptoms, they can be evaluated and distinguished apart from each other easier. The evidence for anorexia is much more obvious so it is much easier to diagnose. Many times an anorectic person will deny they have something wrong with them so they often are brought in by a ...

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