They 'll collect recipes, hoard food, fix food for others, or carry around candy. Yet they will not allow themselves to eat any of it. They often have emotional problems, but have trouble talking about them or even admitting that the troubles exist. As their weight drops, a person becomes more sensitive to cold, gets constipated, has lower blood pressure, develops fine hair on their body, brittle fingernails, and brittle hair. He or she may develop gum infections, get insomnia, experience a decrease in sexual desire, become indifferent, irritable, withdrawn, or depressed.
Women stop menstruating.
There are all sorts of complications associated with being extremely underweight. Some of these problems can result in death. Most therapists believe that malnutrition is the cause of most of the physical and mental symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa. Without normal weight restoration, therapy does not have good results. The real challenge is convincing individuals that they have a problem and that treatment will not make them fat.