| What are the symptoms of Bulimia Nervosa? |
A bulimic sufferer, is an individual who consumes large amounts of food and purges thereafter to lose/maintain their weight and body shape.
- Being preoccupied (obsessed) with your body shape and weight
- Eating abnormally large amounts of foods, at a single sitting and then trying to dispose of the food intake in an unhealthy way. E.g. Purging (vomiting)
- You have an realistic self image and judge yourself according to your weight, instead of your appearance
- Feeling as if you cannot control your eating behaviour
- Overeating until the point of discomfort or pain (often you have binged to the extent that you are unable to walk!)
- Eating an abundance of food in a single binge episode, usually exceptionally high in calories
- Forcing yourself to vomit after eating
- Exercising excessively
- Misusing laxatives; diuretics or enemas
- Having a distorted, excessively negative body and self-image
- Visiting the bathroom after eating or during meals
- Abnormal bowel functioning
- Damaged teeth and gums
- Swollen salivary glands in the facial area (resulting in a puffy appearance)
- Dehydration
- Irregular heartbeat
- Sores, scars or calluses on the knuckles or hands
- Menstrual irregularities or loss of menstruation (amenorrhea)
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Persistent worrying/complaining about being fat
- A binge is considered eating a larger amount of food than most people would eat under similar situations. E.g. When you have bulimia nervosa, you may devour the entire cake, as opposed to enjoying a slice or two. You may continue foraging until you’re painfully full. Binges usually occur in private.
- There are two different categories of bulimia:
- Purging bulimia – one regularly engages in self-induced vomiting or misuses laxatives/diuretics or enemas to compensate for the binge
- Non-purging bulimia – you resort to other methods to rid yourself of calories to prevent weight gain. E.g. fasting or over-exercising
The above behaviours often overlap and the attempt to rid oneself of extra calories, is usually referred to as purging – regardless of which method is used.
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