Anorexia

Near the end of the 17th century an English physician, Richard Morton, was the first to describe the eating disorder presently know as anorexia nervosa. His title for the condition was nervous consumption, a wasting condition not due to consumptive T.B., but rather due to emotional turmoil. This condition languished unnoticed for three centuries, and did not become recognized as a distinct clinical entity until the second half of the 19th century

Anorexia nervosa, and is characterized by:

1. Refusal to keep weight at or above that consistent with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 85% of that expected for normal humans, adjusted for age, heights and gender.

2. A finding that indicates an intense fear of gaining weight, having a self-diagnosis of obesity even when extremely cachetic.

3. A distorted manner of experiencing ones body weight and anatomical shape with the undue influence of self-appraisal of these traits and denial of the health consequences due to these judgments.

4. The cessation of the menses in otherwise normal females of menstruating age and health.

Anorexia nervosa is seen to exist as two types.

1. Restricting, whereby amounts and variety of food chosen fails to maintain normally expected Weights.

2. Purging Type, whereby during the current episode the person binges, and exhibits purging behavior, such as vomiting and the over-use of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas.

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