Tuesday 30 August 2016

Signs of eating disorders: sensitively raise suspicion

Berlin (dpa/tmn) - eating disorders show different - the anorexia is a form. Evidence is often underweight, achieved mainly by starvation by vomiting, much sport, or laxatives, described the Medical Center for quality in medicine (ÄZQ).
Patients most often weigh in, counting calories and afraid of panic to increase. You think despite underweight too thick.
Another form is the bulimia. Devour secretly large amounts in food seizures, have feelings of guilt afterwards stakeholders and countermeasures: for example with vomiting, fasting, diets, or excessive sports. Especially young women between the ages of 14 and 18 years meets anorexia, bulimia rather at worst can cause the disease women aged about 17 years until the mid-20th death, almost all organs can take damage - especially in adolescents also the brain.


While healthy people drag their self-esteem from different walks of life, it's different for Anorexics: "weight and body shape are the only things that count something else," says Beate Hamis Dahlmann, Director of the clinic for Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine, and psychotherapy of children and adolescence at the University Clinic in Aachen. "Media play an important role." The television about present ideals of beauty, online will be contested in niches: who is thinnest, gets the most applause there.
Who noticed signs of an eating disorder when his or her child or a friend, should necessarily sensitive addressed his concern, recommends Hamis Dahlmann. Anorexia is about weight loss or continuous weighing. Bulimia patients are, however, often normal weight. Notes can be here of going to the toilet after each meal or a suddenly empty fridge.


The cure rates were much better than it was 15 years ago: "The therapies have become better," says Beate Hamis Dahlmann. You should bring sick people on the one hand back to a healthy weight, work and psychological causes.
It can be a sign of an eating disorder basically if thoughts constantly revolve around food and the figure, abhors the own body, or secretly eat. The children's and youth doctor or psychiatrist, family doctor, or a psychotherapist are possible partners. A point can be also the Federal Centre for health education: the number 0221/89 20 31 you can seek advice there anonymously. Other options include special clinics or counseling centers for eating disorders.

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