What is Anorexia Nervosa?

If your body weight is less than 15 % of normal body weight, then this is a serious health issue. This article will explain what is the cause and how the best homeopathic medicine for Anorexia Nervosa will help you overcome your problem.

Anorexia Nervosa is a psychological eating disorder in which people fear gaining weight. They think they are fat even when they are underweight. Anorexic people try to keep their weight as low as possible by eating less or fasting. Some people with the disorder also exercise compulsively, purge via vomiting and laxative. It can be life-threatening as they may start to starve and fall very ill. It is diagnosed as a person who weighs at least 15% less than their ideal body weight. The right homeopathic treatment for anorexia nervosa can not only save the life of the person but also create a positive body image and good confidence.

Cause of Anorexia Nervosa

The exact cause of anorexia nervosa is not known but there are emotional and physical causes that may trigger this.

Emotional causes like

• Low self confidence/ Anxiety/ Feeling of inadequacy/ Anger/ Loneliness
• Traumatic relationships
• Been teased earlier for weight/body image
• Pressure from peers
• Social media promoting a thin culture

Physical causes can be

• Puberty or hormonal changes
• Hereditary

Signs and Symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa

Following are the signs and symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa

• Dramatic weight loss
• Weight and height being lower than expected for your age
• Low BMI- Body Mass Index
• Avoiding meals by eating less or fasting as you feel meals are fattening foods
• Believing you are fat or makes frequent comments about feeling “fat” or overweight even when you are underweight
• Taking medicines to reduce hunger or taking laxatives and purgatives
• Light headed or Dizziness
• Is preoccupied with weight, food, calories, fat grams, and dieting despite weight loss
• Denies feeling hungry
• Expresses a need to “burn off” calories taken in 
• Maintains an excessive, rigid exercise regimen – despite weather, fatigue, illness, or injury 
• Social withdrawal
• Seems concerned about eating in public
• Intense fear of gaining weight
• Strange eating habits or routines, such as eating in secret
• Striving for perfection and being very self-critical
• Infrequent or irregular, or even missed menstrual periods in females
• Poor immunity
• Feeling worthless or hopeless
• Low tolerance of cold weather
• Brittle hair and nails,
• Anaemia
• Constipation
• Dry or yellowing of the skin
• Hair loss

HomoeoCARE's Approach

Homeopathic medicines are known to have a good effect on your psychology. We take a detailed history and understand the psychology and your stress which has resulted in you avoiding eating food. Is this peer pressure or some past trauma when somebody pointed out that you are fat, and then you started dieting, we try to understand the exact psychological cause of anorexia nervosa. After studying your disease in-depth and then understanding the underlying cause, we give the best homeopathic medicine for Anorexia Nervosa.

HomoeoCARE's Success

Think positive about your own body and gain confidence.