With loss of appetite fast to the doctor

Anorexia can be an indication of depression

23/12/2013

If a lack of appetite accompanies a depressed mood, this can be a warning sign of the body and announce the onset of depression. In addition, sleep disorders, weight gain, tension, pain throughout the body can be another indication of mental depression, during which then develops a depression.

However, the causes can not always be clearly defined. For the Vice President of the Association of Plant and Factory Physicians, Anette Wahl-Wachendorf, loss of appetite may be a first indication of depression. But it is advisable to wait and see whether the diminished feeling of hunger does not disappear again after two days. Only when employees do not feel really hungry for four to five days, they should consult a doctor as soon as possible. Not always must be behind the loss of appetite depression. Longer "ongoing conflicts in the workplace can also hit the stomach and thus affect those affected by the desire to eat," said the Vice President.

Chronic stress as a trigger
However, depression can be attributed more and more to chronic stress at work or in private life, which is responded to by apathy, withdrawal from everyday life and reduced food intake. Depression is increasingly being observed at the age of about 30 years. About 17 percent of people experience severe depression once in their lives, which is triggered by stress, according to a study by American scientists at the University of Washington in Seattle that in the British journal „Nature“ has been published. If stress is the cause, workers should make more of an effort to stop responding to company calls or e-mails outside working hours and discuss this with their supervisor. After all, more than one in ten employees take home work. Those affected are increasingly finding it difficult to draw clear boundaries between their job and private life. (Fr)

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