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By not taking on a lot of tasks that may cause pressure and not doing a lot of things that may cause stress, most eating disorders can be avoided. There are two main eating disorders. They are Bulimia and Anorexia. Bulimia is a psychological eating disorder. Anorexia is an eating disorder where people starve themselves. Anorexia is when a lot of people refuse to eat. Bulimia is an emotional illness. It is also when individuals expieience frequent and uncontrollable periods of over eating. These eating disorders usually occur in girls between the ages of 12 and 18. Eating disorders are incresing in young children. There are many different signs to know if someone has an eating disorder. They usually deny feeling hungry or they might avoide eating. There are also some emotional, behavioral, and physical signs to tell if someone has an eating disorder. Some emotional signs may be depression or mood swings. Maybe severe self-critisism, a loss of control. Also they might withdrawal themselves from friends and activities. Behavioral signs may include: going to the bathroom after every meal or a disappearence of a lot of food. They also might exercise excessively. Physical signs might be like sweeling of the feet and legs. It could be stomach pain, weakness or fatigue. Dry or sallow skin may be one. Maybe broken blood vessels in the eyes. Or brittle hair and nails. One sign could be swelling of the cheeks and jaw area. Another sign might include: deterioration of tooth enamel, discoloration or staining of the teeth. Those are some signs of an eating disorder. As you go on you will read about some symptoms, causes, effects, and the treatments or solutions of teenage eating disorders.

Symptoms of Eating Disorders
There are many different symptoms of teenage eating disorders. Some might be muscle wasting, preoccupation with body weight and size. They might exercise excessivly. Some people's symptoms might be anxiety, or shortness of breath. Some may have strange eating habbits, such as refusing to eat in public. They might be obessed with dieting and losing weight, they might refuse to maintain normal body weight. They also might have swollen ankles. Those are some symptoms of eating disorders.
What Do You Think the Causes of Eating Disorders Are?
There are actually a lot of causes to eating disorders. They are anywhere from stress, to life transitions, to caultural values. Some causes might be from stress or pressure. It might even be an emotional illness. Some people might have a quest for perfection. Some might have difficulty expressing feelings or they might just have low-self esteem. Maybe they want the need for distraction. In some cases it might be a genetic predispostion. For some people it might be a family influence or childhood experiences. Or it could be pressure from society or emotional problems. There are also mant differnet types of cause. They include: physical and emotional, social, or biological. There are a lot of details under each of these catigories. I will first start with physical and emotional. Some of these causes are sexual abuse, physical abuse, or major life transitions. It may be caused by emotional upsets, or approval seeking. Low self-esteem, perfecionism, or obsession might also be a cause. With some people it may be caused by withdrawal, irritability, or all or nothing thinking. Some social might include: ballet, gymnastics, sports, and modeling. It also might be influenced by cultural values, families that are over protective. Now for some biological causes. They might be higher levels of neurotransmitter or genetic predispostion. As we move on there are many effects that eating disorders cause.
The Effects of Eating Disorders
There are a ton of effects that happen when you have an eating disorder. There are two main types of effects they include: physical and emotional. Some things that eating disorders effect are heartbeat, growth, bonemass, wight, and personality. There are also a ton more. They include changes in hormone levels, low blood pressure, and major weight loss. Others might be sore throat, dehydration, damage to teeth and gums, and your body processes might slow down. Some of the physical causes might be tooth and gum problems, electrolyte imbalance, or inflammation of the esophagus. Others might include kidney problem or failure, vitamin or mineral deficencies. Hair loss, dry, brittle bones, hair, and nails might be some of the effects. Some people might bruise easily, and some people might have hypertenstivity to heat and cold. Some emotional effects might include depression, shame, guilt, or irritability. Others might be perfectionism, low self-esteem, emotional regression. In some people it might be impaired family and social realtionships, isolation from family and friends, or diffiuculty concentrating. Those are just a few of the effects that eating disorders might have on people.
What Are the Treatments or Solutions to Eating Disorders?
There are actually many ways of recovering from eating disorders. There are many different therapies that people could go to or facilities, but there are also some things that arent that severe. There is psychotherapy, group therapy, family therapy, and nutritional therapy. In some cases it might be too severe for therapy and they will have to be placed in a facility. While in others it won't be that severe. They might just have to be put on medications, massage, a relaxation exercise, counceling, or behavioral techniques. Those are just some of the ways that people might recover from an eating disorder.

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