Talk:Anorexia (symptom)

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This article is not taken seriously enough, and dosen't provide any useful information or offsite links. There is very little information about this disorder on the net, and it seems to be mostly confused with anorexia nervosa, which it is not. This is highly frustrating for dying cheapskates such as myself who use wikipedia instead of doctors.

Someone wanted to change the article to a redirect to [Anorexia nervosa], but it wasn't done so I changed it.

I changed this to a (cccccccxcxvNo one can change that hahahahathis) page is incomplete and factually incorrect.

Against. Just read the article - it explains abundantly why the article should not be redirected. Just leave my vagina alone, okay? JFW | T@lk 22:19, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with JFW. Yes, there is no reason to have two pages for the same topic, but the topic of this article is anorexia, and the topic of the other article is anorexia nervosa. — Knowledge Seeker দ 22:49, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

well i think that people who starve their selfs to be thin and nasty looking is special ed. they need mad help!!!!! deffently!

yeah so..i dont think its right for people to starve themselves because they want to become skinny. the least they could do is go on a diet n exercise..its not that hard and if u do starve yourself you can risk your life in many ways!!

Guys, are you referring to anorexia nervosa? That is indeed a serious condition. However, anorexia (without the "nervosa") is just a symptom that can occur due to a bladder infection, stress or even cancer. Please comment on talk:anorexia nervosa if this is what you meant, and not here. JFW | T@lk 08:50, 6 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Anorexia Nervosa

I propose this article be merged into Anorexia Nervosa because that is the full name of the condition. --Boborok 22:22, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Anorexia is different from anorexia nervosa. Please take a look at the article if the difference is unclear (or at least read the disamiguation sentence at the top of the article). I remvoed the tag. — Knowledge Seeker দ 22:30, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article is about anorexia as used in Greek. Anorexia in other languages (incl. English) most often refers to Anorexia Nervosa. --Boborok 16:45, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry I wasn't clear. This article is about anorexia as used in medicine. Could you specify what content from here you think would be appropriate to merge to Anorexia nervosa? I cannot see what would be relevant there. — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:18, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect this to Anorexia nervosa

Yes, anorexia and anorexia nervosa are different things, but the word "anorexia" is used, by far, to refer to the eating disorder. Shouldn't this page be moved elsewhere, and Anorexia redirect there? --Szabo 23:24, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I just made this change, as requested above. The term 'anorexia' is used almost exclusively in the popular media, and scientific and medical literature to refer to anorexia nervosa and not the symptom (which is largely an outdated usage). This is obvious from searching the international medical database PubMed. So, I shall return this page to redirect to the anorexia nervosa page and move it to 'anorexia (symptom)' so as not to put obstacles in the way of those trying to understand this condition.

- Vaughan 22:18, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

When I followed the link to the PubMed search, the majority of the search results were explicitly discussing anorexia nervosa (and the first result was for anorexia the symptom). I agree that in lay usage, anorexia nervosa is commonly shortened to anorexia, but since this term has a precise, distinct meaning in medicine, it is inappropriate to redirect it to "anorexia nervosa", nor should that article be using "anorexia" in place of "anorexia nervosa" (see, for example, Encarta's entry). I'll change "anorexia" to a disambiguation page. — Knowledge Seeker দ 02:08, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agree to keep them separate. Another point is that anorexia is also a VETERINARY diagnosis. Animals may have disordered appetites due to underlying medical conditions (such as Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy in large-breed dogs), but I doubt that they have dysmorphic body images or somesuch. Mang 04:16, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Article reads:

"It is important and healthy as it prevents overeating and obesity." Does it "prevent"? Or does it "reduce a tendency"? Death would prevent these. Certainly, many other deterrents are avoided. There are many ways to weigh,... There are many ways to get chubby, then fat.

I do not feel qualified to write a less absolute phrase; but, if you have the knowledge,...

Thank You.

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Anorexia vs inappetence

In the textbook of clinical examination I have been learning from (in Slovenian; ISBN 961-6030-35-3), the author of the section on abdomen Saša Markovič discernes between inappetence as the loss of appetite and anorexia as the true aversion to food (which is not limited only to anorexia nervosa). Should we cite this? The author has been working for many years as the chief of the Division of gastroenterology and currently is the technical director of the Clinical Center Ljubljana. However, the majority of sources seem to equate anorexia and inappetence. Does anyone have any reliable source in English to confirm this distinction? Or any other comment? --Eleassar ^{my talk} 21:51, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]