The Best Treatment for Anorexia in Ipoh

 

Definition:

Anorexia is an eating disorder characterized by an abnormally low body weight, an intense fear of gaining weight and a distorted perception of weight. People with anorexia place a high value on controlling their weight and shape, using extreme efforts that tend to significantly interfere with their lives.

Symptoms:

1. Extreme weight loss or not making expected developmental weight gain.
2.  Dizziness or fainting. 
3.  Bingeing and self-induced vomiting to get rid of food, which may include the use of laxatives, enemas, diet aids or herbal products.

Causes:

1.      1. Biological: There may be genetic changes that make some people at higher risk of developing anorexia. 

       2. Psychological: Some people with anorexia may have obsessive-compulsive personality traits that make it easier to stick to strict diets and forgo food despite being hungry.

3.      3. Environmental: Media often equates being thin with success and worth. Other than that, peer pressure may also help fuel the desire to be thin, particularly among young girls.

Complications:

1.      1. Death

       2. Anemia

       3.  Heart problems, such as mitral valve prolapse, abnormal heart rhythms and heart failure.

 

Treatments:

1.      Counselling

2.      Neuro-linguistic Programing

3.      Hypnosis

 

Wong Medical Centre provides counseling for Anorexia problems, for more information please call us at 05-3114022 or 012-4520077.

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