Bulimia Nervosa

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What is Bulimia Nervosa?
A mental illness and eating disorder where someone will binge eat and then make themselves sick to lose weight.
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What are the signs/symptoms of it?
Binge eating, scarred knuckles, going to the toilet after eating and coming back with hair tied up, wearing baggy clothes, spending large amounts of money on food, reular changes in weight, purging, depression, anxiety, unrealistic opinions on body
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What causes Bulimia Nervosa?
Low self-esteem, depression, stress, other mental health problems, social and cultural pressure, puberty, genetics
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What are the consequences of Bulimia Nervosa?
Kidney complaints, diabetes, bowel failure, gastric bleeding, reflux vomiting
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How is it treated?
Psychological therapies
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Binge eating, scarred knuckles, going to the toilet after eating and coming back with hair tied up, wearing baggy clothes, spending large amounts of money on food, reular changes in weight, purging, depression, anxiety, unrealistic opinions on body

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