Diet Pills Abuse – Anorexia

As we talked about in past articles diet pills abuse is a serious problem, and you should be aware that besides the good that diet pills can do to you, they can do allot of damage if you abuse them. In this article we will talk about one of the most serious side effects of diet pills abuse: Anorexia.

Anorexia is an eating disorder that mainly affects adolescents (most often, girls). People with this disorder have an intense fear of gaining weight and therefore limit the food they eat. Typically, a person with anorexia has an extremely low body weight and a strong refusal to maintain a normal, healthy body weight.

The body image of a person with anorexia is usually highly distorted he or she lives in extreme fear of becoming fat, and is usually unable to recognize that he or she is thin, even dangerously underweight.

Anorexia is a way of using food to feel “in control” when dealing with a tough situation. For example, someone may be overwhelmed by his or her parents’ divorce, a situation that he or she has no control over. Thus, by starving themselves, people with anorexia feel as though they are exerting control over their lives. There is no single cause of anorexia, and, in fact, the condition may be caused by a number of factors. This disorder often runs in families. Anorexia can be a result of genetics alone. If a person with anorexia has a mother or sister with anorexia, he or she is more likely to develop the disorder. Often, family members criticize a person’s body and place a lot of importance on his or her appearance and diet. Another
factor contributing to the development of anorexia is the culture of the United States, which places excessive value on extreme thinness. A person with anorexia has low selfesteem, which results in feeling bad about himself or herself and hating the way he or she looks.

Several signs may indicate that a person has anorexia. These are often behavioral in nature, and include:
1. Loss of a lot of weight;
2. Often focusing on and talking about weight;
3. Moving food around his or her plate, but not eating it;
4. Refusing to eat in front of other people;
5. Using extreme means to lose weight, such as laxatives or
diet pill abuse or exercising excessively;
6. Weighing oneself too often;
7. Acting moody or being depressed.

Anorexia can lead to serious health problems and ultimately affects the entire body. The following is a short
list of possible complications:

1. Inability to think clearly, moodiness, irritability, fainting;
2. Hair becoming thin and brittle;
3. Low blood pressure, fluttering of the heart, and heart
failure;
4. Anemia;
5. Muscle weakness, osteoporosis;
6. Kidney stones, kidney failure;
7. Constipation;
8. In women, lack of menstrual period;
9. Bruising easily, developing dry skin and brittle nails.