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    Bigorexia, (Body Dysmorphic Disorder) A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
    Bigorexia, (Body Dysmorphic Disorder) A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
    Bigorexia, (Body Dysmorphic Disorder) A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
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    Bigorexia, (Body Dysmorphic Disorder) A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

    By Kenneth Kee

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    Bigorexia or reverse anorexia is a medical disorder of mainly males who are unhappy with their perceived body image and begin to diet to improve their body size and muscles.
    The term muscle dysmorphia indicates a subtype of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) which is a form of obsessive compulsive disorder.
    These men have become persistently dissatisfied with their perceived body image
    Muscle dysmorphia, also called "bigorexia", "megarexia", or "reverse anorexia", is a subtype of body dysmorphic disorder, but is often also grouped with eating disorders.
    Involving mostly males, and many athletes, muscle dysmorphia is obsessive preoccupation through delusional or exaggerated belief that one's own body is too small, too skinny, insufficiently muscular, or insufficiently lean, even though in most cases, the patient's build is normal or even exceptionally large and muscular already.
    Severely distressful and causing personal distraction, muscle dysmorphia's bodily concerns cause absences from school, work, and socializing.
    Even though compared to anorexia nervosa in females, muscle dysmorphia is mostly not well known and difficult to recognize, especially since males having it normally look healthy to others.
    By some estimates, 10% of gym-going men have muscle dysmorphia
    Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is an anxiety disorder that induces a person to have an abnormal view of how they appear and to waste a lot of time worrying about their appearance.
    They may be concerned that a hardly visible scar is a major deformity that everyone is staring at, or that their nose looks abnormal.
    Almost everyone feels not happy about the way they appear at some point in their life, but these thoughts normally come and go, and may not be remembered.
    For someone with BDD, the worries cause a lot of distress, do not go away and have an important impact on daily life.
    The person thinks they are ugly or deformed and that other people observe them in this way, in spite of reassurances from others about their appearance.
    The exact cause of BDD is not known.
    It may be genetic or produced by a chemical imbalance in the brain.
    Past life problems may play a part too – BDD may be more frequent in people who were made fun of, bullied or abused when they were children.
    The most frequent areas of concern for people with BDD are:
    1. Skin imperfections — these are wrinkles, scars, acne, and blemishes.
    2. Hair — this might be head or body hair or absence of hair.
    3. Facial features — frequently this affects the nose, but it also might affect the shape and size of any feature.
    4. Other areas of worries are the size of the penis, muscles, breasts, thighs, buttocks, and the presence of certain body smells.
    One red flag to diagnosis is when patients constantly look for plastic surgery for the same or multiple apparent physical defects.
    With treatment, many people with BDD will have an improvement in their symptoms.
    If the patient has comparatively mild BDD, the patient will normally be sent for a talking treatment called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

    More serious cases may be treated with a type of medicine called a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) and more intensive CBT.
    Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the form of treatment that can help the patient treat the disorder by altering the way the patient think and behave
    Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a form of antidepressant that raises the levels of a chemical called serotonin in the brain.
    If SSRIs are not successful in treating the symptoms, the patient may be given a different tricyclic antidepressant called clomipramine.
    Treatment tends to be a combination:
    1. Psychotherapy
    2. Medicine
    3. Group and family therapy

    TABLE OF CONTENT
    Introduction
    Chapter 1 Bigorexia (Body Dysmorphic Disorder)
    Chapter 2 Causes
    Chapter 3 Symptoms
    Ch

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKenneth Kee
    Release dateAug 3, 2017
    ISBN9781370600182
    Bigorexia, (Body Dysmorphic Disorder) A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
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    Kenneth Kee

    Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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      Bigorexia, (Body Dysmorphic Disorder) A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions - Kenneth Kee

      Bigorexia,

      (Body Dysmorphic Disorder)

      A

      Simple

      Guide

      To

      The Condition,

      Diagnosis,

      Treatment

      And

      Related Conditions

      By

      Dr Kenneth Kee

      M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)

      Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

      Copyright Kenneth Kee 2016 Smashwords Edition

      Published by Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated

      To my wife Dorothy

      And my children

      Carolyn, Grace

      And Kelvin

      This book describes the Bigorexia (Body Dysmorphic Disorder), Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases which is seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.

      (What You Need to Treat Bigorexia (Body Dysmorphic Disorder)

      This eBook is licensed for the personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader.

      If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy.

      Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Introduction

      I have been writing medical articles for my blog http://kennethkee.blogspot.com (A Simple Guide to Medical Condition) for the benefit of my patients since 2007.

      My purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of my patients.

      Health Education was also my dissertation for my Ph.D (Healthcare Administration).

      I then wrote an autobiolographical account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com.

      This autobiolographical account A Family Doctor’s Tale was combined with my early A Simple Guide to Medical Conditions into a new Wordpress Blog A Family Doctor’s Tale on http://kenkee481.wordpress.com.

      From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 700 amazon kindle books and some into Smashwords.com eBooks.

      Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.

      For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.

      The later books go into more details of medical conditions.

      The first chapter is always from my earlier blogs which unfortunately tends to have typos and spelling mistakes.

      Since 2013, I have tried to improve my spelling and writing.

      As I tried to bring you the latest information about a condition or illness by reading the latest journals both online and offline, I find that I am learning more and improving on my own medical knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for my patients.

      Just by writing all these simple guides I find that I have learned a lot from your reviews (good or bad), criticism and advice.

      I am sorry for the repetitions in these simple guides as the second chapters onwards have new information as compared to my first chapter taken from my blog.

      I also find repetition definitely help me and maybe some readers to remember the facts in the books more easily.

      I apologize if these repetitions are irritating to some readers.

      Chapter 1

      Bigorexia (Body dysmorphic disorder)

      What is Bigorexia (Body dysmorphic disorder)?

      Bigorexia or reverse anorexia is a medical disorder of mainly males who are unhappy with their perceived body image and begin to diet to improve their body size and muscles.

      The term muscle dysmorphia indicates a subtype of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) which is a form of obsessive compulsive disorder.

      These men have become persistently dissatisfied with their perceived body image

      Muscle dysmorphia, also called bigorexia, megarexia, or reverse anorexia, is a subtype of body dysmorphic disorder, but is often also grouped with eating disorders.

      Involving mostly males, and many athletes, muscle dysmorphia is obsessive preoccupation through delusional or exaggerated belief that one's own body is too small, too skinny, insufficiently muscular, or insufficiently lean, even though in most cases, the patient's build is normal or even exceptionally large and muscular already.

      Disordered obsession on gaining body mass, as by using up inordinate time and attention on exercise routines, dietary regimens, and nutritional supplements is normal, and the use of anabolic steroids is normal.

      Normally also present are other, body-dysmorphic processes that are not muscle-dysmorphic.

      Muscle dysmorphia has also been called the Adonis Complex that includes broader obsessions of male body image.

      Similarly, muscle dysmorphia's rising incidence is due in part to recent popularity

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