Symptoms of Bulimia Nervosa
Symptoms of bulimia nervosa, typically called bulimia, include fatigue, weakness, depression and more due to the fact that this a type of
eating disorder. Someone with bulimia eats a lot of food in a short amount of time, called bingeing and then tries to prevent weight gain by purging. Purging might be done in these ways:
- making oneself throw up
- taking laxatives, pills, or liquids that increase how fast food moves through your body and leads to a bowel movement (BM)
Bulimia Nervosa Symptoms include:
- Eating much more food in a binge episode than in a normal meal or snack
- Following a binge with efforts to prevent weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting, using laxatives or
other medications, fasting or excessive exercise
- Recurrent episodes of binge eating
- Feeling that you can't control your eating behavior
- Fatigue
- Weakness
- Depression
- Irritability
- Dry, sometimes yellowed skin
- Unhealthy focus on your body shape and weight
- Dehydration
- Damaged teeth and gums from gastric acid contained in vomit
- Swollen cheeks from regular vomiting
- Irregular heartbeat
People with bulimia can get better. Different types of therapy have worked to help people with bulimia. This may include individual, group, and family therapy. A class of medicines, also used for depression, like Zoloft, has been effective when used with therapy. These medicines change the way certain chemicals work in the brain.
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