Anorexia nervosa inoratidzirwa nekurambidzwa kwakanyanya kwechikafu uye kurasikirwa kwakanyanya kwehuremu, kunoperekedzwa nekutya kuve mafuta. Kuremerwa kwakanyanya kwehuremu kunowanzoita kuti vakadzi nevasikana vakatanga kuenda kumwedzi varege kuita nguva yekuenda kumwedzi, mamiriro anozivikanwa se amenorrhea. Kunyangwe hazvo amenorrhea yaimbove iri nzira inodiwa yechirwere ichi, hazvichadiwe kusangana neanorexia nervosa nekuda kwehunhu hwayo hwakasarudzika kune vanorwara, avo vari postmenopause, kana vasinganyanye kuzvikoshesa maererano nehuremu hwemuviri kana chimiro. Kuchenesa kunogona kusanganisira kuzvirova, kurovedza muviri zvakanyanya, uye kushandisa diuretics, enemas, uye laxatives.
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