Bulimia Nervosa
- Created by: georgiasadler
- Created on: 30-04-14 10:33
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- BULIMIA NERVOSA
- What is it?
- Mental health condition
- Eating disorder
- Try to restrict weight by severely restricting the amount of food they eat
- Binge eating and purging
- Make themselves sick or use laxatives
- 1 in 10 peoploe with eating disorders are male
- More common in younger people
- Symptoms
- Binge eating
- Purging
- Regular changes in weight
- Obsessive attitude towards food and eating
- Spending large amounts of money on food
- Disappearing soon after eating
- Coming back with hair tied up
- Episodes of over eating
- Periods of starvation
- Scarred knuckles from putting fingers down throat to make themselves sick
- Depression and anxiety
- Unrealistic opinions about weight and body shape
- Isolation
- Causes
- Low self-esteem
- Depression
- Stress
- Other mental health problems
- Cultural and social pressure
- Puberty
- Genetics
- Psychological symptoms
- Impaired memory
- Low concentration
- Denial
- Consequences
- Emaciation (wasting away)
- Osteoporosis (bones decalcify)
- Gastric bleeding
- Gastric bleeding
- Reflux vomiting
- Cardiovascular problems
- Kidney complaints and diabetes
- Bowel failure
- What is it?
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