Anorexia Nervosa
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Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is caused by an intense fear of being overweight and a pursuit of thinness through self-imposed starvation. Individuals with anorexia nervosa, mostly girls, have a distorted body image. Common symptoms of anorexia nervosa include extremely low body weight, loss of menstruation, excessive binging, eating and purging, depression, constipation, low heart rate, low blood pressure, swelling of hands, feet, and sometimes the nose and ears, dry skin, brittle nails, hair loss, and bizarre behaviors or thinking patterns, such as a preoccupatoin with or hoarding of food.
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