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Anorexia Statistics – Is it Becoming a New Trend?
Anorexia statistics continue to prove that girls and boys, men and women are still dying to be thin. This need for control destroys not only the lives of the anorexics themselves, but the lives of those around from family to friends to coworkers, and only serves to further propagate the Medias’ unrealistic example of the “perfect” woman or man.
Anorexia statistics continue to prove that the unhealthy behaviors of anorexics are not fading away, but in some case they are actually be on the rise, especially in the male population. These behaviors include, but are not limited to refusing to eat, refusing to eat in front of people, dismorphic or unrealistic view of their own bodies, and exercising to extremes. These people are not only starving themselves to the point of death or near death, but should they survive and become recovering anorexics, they have often damaged vital organs and glands to the point where they are beyond repair.
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Does Someone You Care About Have Anorexia?
Anorexia is an eating disorder that develops when someone stops eating enough food for adequate nutrition. It can happen slowly, over several months or even years, as when some people grow older or develop an underlying disease like cancer. As their appetite dwindles, they may stop eating altogether or gradually eat less and less. Without taking in enough calories or nutrients, a person can get sick or become weak. Any other health condition that develops during this time can then further compromise that person’s health.
Another type of anorexia is based on personal self-image. People who are trying to lose weight sometimes take extreme measures by reducing the amount of food they eat and eating much less frequently. While it can be easy to lose several pounds each week in this way, such dramatic weight loss can lead to unhealthy consequences, including heart arrhythmias, weakness, dehydration, loss of concentration, and nutritional imbalances, among others. If left undiagnosed and untreated, some of these results can be fatal.
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Psoriatic Arthritis-a Very Painful Condition
Psoriatic arthritis is a condition that is found in patients with the skin condition Psoriasis. Psoriasis causes moderate to extreme skin problems including red patches, itchiness and swelling. Roughly two percent of the population of white people has Psoriasis. Ten percent of that group forms another, more severe issue that causes inflammation in the joints as well as patches of skin.
The two combined are incredibly painful. Typically, people can develop Psoriasis at young ages and then develop arthritis in their forties and fifties. However, people with Psoriatic Arthritis do not just have Psoriasis and arthritis. Cases of Psoriatic arthritis are far more extreme and are rheumatic, systemic cases of arthritis.
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