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ANOREXIA NERVOSA – DIET AS IMPORTANT THING
Food is rejected, dieting becomes the all important thing. At this time the girl’s parents may commence nagging her to eat more. To avoid this she may dawdle over meals or state that she has already eaten at school or with a friend. If she is made to eat she may go the bathroom and make herself sick or else take regular and large doses of laxatives so that diarrhoea is caused. She may exercise to excess in an attempt to “burn up” more weight.
Now when diuretic tablets are so widely prescribed, she may take these to excess in an effort to lose fluid, and so, weight.
When the weight falls well below what is ideal there is a disturbance of menstrual function. The periods usually stop and it is this symptom that often prompts either the girl or her mother to go to the doctor.
Mild cases of anorexia nervosa may be treated at home by an informed general practitioner, particularly if he has a good relationship with that family.
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