Given the increasing prevalence, the perturbation to family life as well as the mind of the child, and the possibility of prolonged therapy, the importance of gender dysphoria now rivals that of anorexia nervosa with its incongruity between bodily reality and mental perception (the body is thin but is imagined to be fat).
N'iburu n'uche mgbasawanye, nsogbu nke ndụ ezinụlọ yana uche nwata ahụ, yana enwere ike ịnwe ọgwụgwọ ogologo oge, mkpa ọ dị dysphoria nwoke na nwanyị nwere nsogbu ugbu a na nke anorexia nervosa na nsonaazụ ya n'etiti eziokwu nke anụ ahụ na nghọta nke uche (ahụ bụ ọ dị gịrịgịrị mana a na-eche na ọ nwere abụba).