Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa
Possible treatment for anorexia nervosa will be conditioned by the state in which the patient is and his circumstances. In very advanced stages of hospitalization is essential for effective treatment, because uncontrolled weight loss can affect the proper functioning of the organs, and there may be even life threatening. In these cases it may be indicated fed intravenously or by tube.
In less severe cases the treatment is mixed psychiatric and nutrition. The priority is the restoration of adequate nutritional parameters. Moreover, psychotherapy plays an important role in the face to achieve a progressive recovery.Sometimes it is useful to family therapy in therapy linking all members of the family, as they will be one of the mainstays of treatment of these patients in overcoming the disease. The nutritional recovery in the case of anorexia nervosa is to achieve minimum weight, the patient should be achieved in several stages to avoid nutritional deficits. Typically, an increase of between 0.2 to 0.75 kg a week to correct malnutrition.
Usually it is left to the patient who gets through normal feeding, but in cases where weight loss continues, threatening your life, you must enter the patient in a hospital to implement a nutritional support.
Treatment should be psychotherapy and support, where necessary, medical and pharmacological treatment, many times it is essential to the patient’s admission to the recovery of weight.