How Does Anorexia Affect The Human Body

Everyone has their own problems they have to deal with everyday. Some people have more difficult problems to deal with than others. For example some peoples problems maybe to study for an exam. Others may just be trying to get through another day. People with disorders like anorexia struggle to live everyday. Anorexia is a disorder that means people won 't eat for days to the point where they almost die because they psychologically believe that their fat. Many people in the world that have this disorder die from it. Because of all the struggles a person goes through while dealing with anorexia people need to understand how seriously anorexia affects the human body and how one can recover from it. Some ways to know if someone has anorexia are the signs and symptoms that come with anorexia. One sign is that of course that one would be abnormally skinny. For one to be considered abnormally skinny they would have to be 15 percent below the ideal normal body weight. Another sign would be that one would always feel cold, and dry skin. Not only would their skin be dry, but it would also be yellow and easy to bruise. Their hair and nails would also be affected because of poor nutrition their hair would be thin and fall out. Also their nails would get brittled. A person would also have their brain and …show more content…
This is probably the best and most important way to recover from anorexia. Some people that have anorexia also self-harm themselves as Jeremy Laurance said in his article Bron To Be Thin “It may represent an attempt to exert control by individuals who sense they lack it in other areas of their lives” (Laurence 1). Most of the this would be the reason why people with anorexia self-harm. The purpose of this treatment is take away all the bad thought that drives a person with anorexia to lose more weight. This is probably the best and most important way to recover from