Pictures of People With Anorexia Nervosa
There are pictures and stories of people who have been diagnosed with anorexia nervosa on the internet. You can do a quick search on one of the popular search engines and you will find many listed there. There are some very sad stories of lives lost and some who have suffered at the hands of the anorexia disease. The pictures can be very graphic so you should have a strong stomach if you look at them. It is hard to believe how some lived like that. Anorexia causes damage to all vital organs in the body and some of the damaged can not be repaired. Most anorexic cases have progressed to dangerous levels before anyone realizes the person is sick. Anorexia victims and those with other eating disorders try to hide their problems and usually succeed until the damage to the body is so severe that the victims health is in grave danger before they admit to having a problem. The treatment needed for anorexia and other eating disorders involve both medicinal treatment and psychological help. It is a long drawn out treatment which can be very expensive and some people do not receive the treatment they need because they do not have medical insurance that will cover the costs and they can not afford to pay them. If the damage to the body is very severe, the victim may die from anorexia if they do not receive the proper treatment they need.
The culture we live in now is largely due to the 8 million people who have been diagnosed with anorexia and other eating disorders. There are about 1 million of these that are male and the rest are female with the average age being 17. The majority of anorexic people are between the ages of 10 and 20. There are a few younger than 10 years of age and there are some older people who also suffer from anorexia. It is not uncommon for senior citizens to suffer from anorexia. Some cases of anorexia are caused from the person having a low self esteem and/or from peer pressure. Whether it is in school or on the job, there is pressure that some people just can not cope with. They sometimes feel that if they lose weight, they will ‘fit in’ with the crown. The public is faced with skinny people in magazines, television and on billboards everyday and some people feel that they have to be skinny too in order to succeed. It is true that some people should lose some weight because they are overweight but they do not need to be underweight either. Extreme underweight people are in as much danger as extremely overweight people. There is a lot of damage done to the vital organs in those who have been diagnosed with anorexia.
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