The depletion of the body is expressed in reducing itsvital functions. The causes of the pathology can be excessive loads or the direct influence of factors leading to an imbalance in the supply of nutrients and their required amount for a person. The limiting value of the body mass index, indicating that the body is depleted, is equal to twenty kilograms per square meter. Underweight also corresponds to lower values of this indicator.
В том случае, когда истощение организма является due to malnutrition, it is classified as primary. The decrease in body weight as a result of impaired metabolic processes in the body, as well as a decrease in the amount of digestible nutrients due to various pathological processes, is secondary.
Depletion of the body can develop for various reasons. The most common ones are the following:
- malnutrition;
- pathology of the digestive tract;
- endocrine-hormonal diseases;
- diseases of the nervous system;
- mental pathologies;
- long-term use of alcoholic beverages (binge events);
- infections;
- injuries;
- burns;
- diseases that are accompanied by unconsciousness;
- oncology;
- taking certain medications.
The depletion of the body is primarily characterized byweight loss, which in the initial stages of the disease may be mild. Insufficiently bright manifestation of pathology also depends on the constitutional features of the patient. But, despite this, at the level of physiology, a person is already beginning to experience a shortage of elements necessary for his vital activity. This process is reflected in a decrease in the functional activity of the patient by exhaustion. In this case, the person experiences a constant tendency to sleep, weakness, mental and physical fatigue.
Patients with exhaustion appear "races" incorners of the mouth, which are a characteristic sign of deficiency in the body of vitamins belonging to group B. A man with a reduced weight often catches cold, he has an unstable chair, while the relatively stable work of the central nervous system alternates with astheno-neurotic states.
The next stage of depletion is characteristicthe appearance of edema, which is observed mainly in the abdomen and lower extremities. The efficiency of the patient is sharply reduced. At this stage hypovitaminosis, depressions, mental and volitional disorders are observed, mistrust appears. At the same time, the appearance of a person indicates the presence of exhaustion.
The third stage of disease development (cachexia)expressed in immobility and critical reduction of mental processes. The skin on the face of the patient becomes pale, have a grayish or yellowish tint. Eyes sink. Facial features are pointed. Frequently, people with reduced body weight have convulsive states, as well as involuntary emission of urine.
Nervous exhaustion occurs inthe result of various infectious diseases. The cause of this pathology can be poisoning. As a rule, the states of the body after prolonged heavy loads of physical or intellectual level are attributed to nervous exhaustion.
Signs of nervous exhaustion:
- chronic fatigue;
- prolonged depression;
- absent-mindedness;
- constant feeling of sleepiness.
To get rid of this pathological condition, it is required to leave things for some time and how to get some rest, allowing your nervous system to recover.
According to medical statistics, about twopercent of women suffer from ovarian depletion. This disease is characterized by the cessation of menstruation before the prescribed period. The cause of the pathology can be autoimmune disorders, as well as chromosomal abnormalities. Ovarian depletion, the treatment of which consists of hormone replacement therapy, can be caused by surgery, as well as be a consequence of the use of certain methods of treatment of oncology.
