alcohorexia

The term alcohorexia is not part of the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE). Its use, however, is frequent at the level of medicine: alkohorexia is a combination of a eating disorder with the excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages.

It can be said that alcohorexia is a disease that combines the anorexy nervous with him alcoholism. People with this disorder do not eat food but simultaneously consume a large amount of alcohol. In this way, they receive calories of alcoholic beverages and do not eat with the intention of "balance" said level of calories and thus not gain weight.

Among the symptoms that clearly indicate that a person suffers from alcohorexia are the following:
-Drinks very frequently and is always willing to have a glass of any alcoholic beverage.
-He skips any of the meals or finds some excuse not to eat.
-It should also be emphasized that it is indicated that those who suffer from alcohorexia have low energy, it seems that they are always tired.
-No less important is to know that those who have the aforementioned problem are very frequent witnesses of how their hair begins to fall out in a really forceful way.
-In this list of symptoms or signs that indicate that alcohol is suffering, there is also the fact that the individual in question clearly changes his way of being. And now he is much more susceptible and irritable, he experiences mood swings for no apparent reason, he has become less cheerful and sociable ...
-He has a real panic of getting fat. Hence, I eat little and in a very controlled way.

Adolescents and young people are the groups most affected by alcohorexia. To all the above we have to add that studies indicate that the people most prone to suffer from alcoholism are university women. And it is that it is considered that at that moment of their life they want to enjoy the freedom and independence that they have in every way to the fullest.

In some countries a trend has been detected that implies not eating properly during the week to drink excess alcohol during the weekend without gaining weight, compensating for the lack of calories. Such behavior, of course, creates serious problems of Health and can lead to death.

The possibility of getting drunk more quickly by not having food in the stomach and the chance to use the money from the food to buy alcoholic beverages are other causes that lead to alcohol, a disorder that affects more the women than men, according to different studies.

Heart rhythm changes, memory problems, damage to neurons and lack of nutrients and vitamins are some of the consequences of alcohorexia, which also favors the person, due to their general condition, to contract various diseases.

Kidney and liver damage as well as malnutrition problems and notable fatigue are other consequences suffered by those who suffer from alcohol. Not forgetting heart problems and diseases, anemia, ethyl coma, failure of the most important organs ...