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There is no known way to prevent anorexia nervosa. Early treatment may be the best way to prevent the disorder from progressing. Knowing the early signs and seeking immediate treatment can help prevent complications of anorexia. Seeking early diagnosis and treatment improves the chances that treatment will be successful.6 For family members of children and [...]

Medical therapy in the emergency department consists of electrolyte repletion and stabilization.Multiple studies have failed to show an overall benefit for pharmacologic treatment of anorexia nervosa with psychiatric medications. However, most patients who recover will be treated with a multidisciplinary approach including medication, psychotherapy, nutritional counseling, and frequent medical evaluations.24,25 The most common class studied [...]

Anorexia nervosa is a dangerous and potentially deadly disorder that causes afflicted individuals to starve themselves in misguided attempts to achieve their distorted image of “thinness”. The disorder is marked by extreme weight loss and an unwillingness to maintain a level that health professionals would consider to be even minimally normal for the person’s age, [...]

Anorexia nervosa can be a difficult disorder to diagnose, since individuals with anorexia often attempt to hide the disorder. Denial and secrecy frequently accompany other symptoms. It is unusual for an individual with anorexia to seek professional help because the individual typically does not accept that she or he has a problem (denial). In many [...]

People who intentionally starve themselves suffer from an eating disorder called anorexia nervosa. The disorder, which usually begins in young people around the time of puberty, involves extreme weight loss–at least 15 percent below the individual’s normal body weight. Many people with the disorder look emaciated but are convinced they are overweight. Sometimes they must [...]