Bulimia nervosa

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Signs and Symtoms:

• Binge eating of high-carbohydrate foods, usually in secret
• Exercising for hours
• Eating until painfully full
• Going to the bathroom during meals
• Loss of control over eating, with guilt and shame
• Body weight that goes up and down
• Constipation, diarrhea, nausea, gas, abdominal pain
• Dehydration
• Missed periods or lack of menstrual periods
• Damaged tooth enamel
• Bad breath
• Sore throat or mouth sores
• Depression

Summary:

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder in which a person binges and purges. The person may eat a lot of food at once and then try to get rid of the food by vomiting, using laxatives, or sometimes over exercising. People with bulimia are addicted to their weight and body image. Bulimia is associated with depression and other psychiatric disorders. It shares some symptoms with anorexia nervosa, another major eating disorder. Because many people with bulimia can maintain a normal weight, they may be able to keep their condition a secret for years. If not treated, bulimia can lead to nutritional deficiencies and even fatal complications.

Ways To Prevent This:

Ways to prevent this eating disorder is to look at family history, provide a supporting and nurturing household, serve your family balanced meals, and also a doctor could see these signs. It runs within alot of women in the United States. It becomes an addicting sickness that comes over you until you reach the courage and say you need help.

An estimated 1.1 percent to 4.2 percent of females have bulimia.