Relation Between Bulimia & Symtoms Of Weight Loss

Unhealthy eating habits of the individual which causes severe problems in the future

Bulimia also called bulimia nervosa marked by a psychological eating disorder and a continuous series of binge eating which is followed by inappropriate methods of weight control which includes vomiting, fasting, enemas, excessive use of laxatives and diuretics, or compulsive exercising.

Binge eating is often described as individuals eat much more amount of food in compare with the normal persons and it is not largely related to intense hunger state but mainly in response to depression, stress or self-esteem issues.

A person having this disorder seems to be normal as some may be normal weighted and some may be overweighed. This is the reason why people can’t recognize whether the person is suffering from bulimia as the process of bingeing and purging is done in secrecy. The main sign by which we tend to recognize the people having bulimia nervosa is people who used to do binge eating concentrated on the comfort foods such as sweet foods, high in calories, smooth soft foods like ice- cream, cake, pastry.

There is no exact cause of this disorder but it is believed that dissatisfaction in the person’s body and extreme concern of his body size and shape and generally it is found that people suffering from this disorder are low with self esteem, feeling of helplessness and fear of becoming fat.

Complications attached with this disorder are:

- Damage cause in tooth enamel largely because of repeated exposure to acidic gastric contents.
- Problems in cavities as there is sensitivity to hot or cold food
- Swelling and soreness in the salivary glands
- Irregular heartbeat which may also result in heart attack
- Decrease in libido