Diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa
One of the major problems involved in the disease diagnosis, because people with anorexia nervosa are beginning to experience the disorder at a young age and try to hide it. Denial of illness may be unconscious. It is very unusual for a person with anorexia nervosa seek help due to denial above.
In many cases the real diagnosis is not made until medical complications have developed, structured around treating medical problems and food problems, to facilitate the acceptance by the patient of the disease.There are four basic criteria for the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. Failure to maintain a constant body weight that is equal to or greater than normal weight for age, height and physique of the patient. A pathological fear of weight gain, yet still well below normal weight. A distorted self-perception of body weight. And in the case of women, the loss of a menstrual cycle repeatedly.