When a person suffers from anorexia, it is usually brought on by self inflicted starvation. Anorexia starts early in life as most sufferers are teens in the beginnings of puberty. The most noticeable trait is extreme weight loss, where the person normal body weight shows losses of more that 15%. People suffering from this disorder are very thin and will complain about being obese. The common methods of losing weight are accomplished by not eating and may also include excessive exercise and a large intake of laxatives.
Most anorexics are young girls who have an extreme fear of becoming fat. They believe they are overweight even when they are extremely thin or close to death. They will even refrain from eating in front of others, they will prepare food but not eat any and they will eat very small amounts of food or drink.
Anorexia is not a poor mans affliction as it is more common in people with higher socioeconomic standing and the people believe that thinness is needed in order to be considered beautiful or marriage material or even accepted by peers.

There are many symptoms of anorexia and may vary in different individuals. The symptoms include being more than 15% underweight, loss of menstrual periods, never eating in public, extreme anxiety, shortness of breath, extreme weakness, obsessive calorie watching.
The consequences of anorexia may include irregular heart beats, osteoporosis, low body temperature, and permanent failure for normal growth. Using laxative will damage the muscle for bowels and the laxatives use some extreme ingredients that will be absorbed into my system. There are many real and terrifying symptoms. This strange disorder will cause you to lose weight until you eventually die from malnutrition and a host of other problems.

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