Anorexia ndi ana a zaka za m'ma 1900, nthawi yomweyo pamene kunenepa kwakukulu, kosakhala kwachilengedwe kunakhala kofewa. Chotsatira chake, anthu akuzunguliridwa ndi zophimba zakuda, ma telescreen ndi maulendo apamwamba, zitsanzo zapamwamba kwambiri zimakhulupirira kuti ichi ndi chokongola kwambiri, choncho ndikofunika kuyesetsa kuchita zimenezi. Odwala 80% odwala matenda a anorexia ali atsikana a zaka zapakati pa 14 ndi 18, ndiko kuti, anthu ambiri omwe ali ndi chilengedwe. Mofanana ndi matenda ena alionse, ndi matenda osowa kwambiri omwe amafunikira kwambiri ndi kuzindikira kuti matendawa akuyamba ndi zizindikiro zoyamba. M'nkhaniyi, tiona mmene anorexia amayambira.
Poyang'ana, msungwanayo akuyesera kuchepa, kulankhula za zakudya, zopatsa mphamvu, ndi zina zotero. Komanso, amachepetsa kuchuluka kwa chakudya katatu patsiku, ndipo kenako - amakana kudya, kufotokoza izi mwakutopa, matenda odwala kapena m'mimba. Gawo lotsatira ndizosautsa chakudya, chilakolako chopangira kusanza. Kuyamba kwa anorexia nthawi zonse kumakhala limodzi ndi zizindikiro zotsatirazi:
- mantha ochiritsidwa, kukhudzidwa kwathunthu, makamaka m'magulu ena a thupi, kudziona ngati wolakwa pambuyo pa kudya;
- kutopa, kufooka, chizungulire:
- kupweteka kwakukulu kwa 15-20% pansi pachepera;
- khalidwe logwirizana, kutseka;
- amenorrhea - kusiya mimba. Kusamba ndi njira yokonzekera dzira kuti mimba iyambe. Zamoyo zimatha kuchulukitsa maselo okha ndi zokwanira zosungirako (zomwe atsikana omwe ali ndi anorexia salipo). Mu thupi lopanda thupi, thupi siliona kufunikira kokhala ndi mphamvu "njira yopanda phindu" - kusamba;
- mikwingwirima pansi pa maso, pallor, zizindikiro zonse za kuchepa kwa magazi m'thupi.
Zizindikiro za anorexia zingathenso kupezeka chifukwa cha zochita zomwe atsikana amachita nawo okha chifukwa cha
- chithunzi;
- kupweteka kwa msana;
- kumwa mankhwala kapena njira zina zopangidwira zochitika za kusanza;
- mapiritsi a zakudya;
- zakudya zovuta;
- kukana chakudya;
- zonsezi kuphatikizapo maphunziro ovuta.
Kawirikawiri, odwala okha amapempha chithandizo chamankhwala, ndipo pamene kusintha kukuwonekera ndi okondedwa awo, mwina pangakhale mochedwa kwambiri. Ngakhale mutatha kuonana ndi dokotala pachigawo choyambirira cha matenda a anorexia, chithandizo chingatenge chaka chimodzi kapena kuposa. Ndiponsotu, kuchepa kwa anorexia sikungowonongeka kwa malo onse a thupi, pamtima mwa matendawa ndizovuta kuvutika maganizo.