Overview

An eating disorder is a compulsion to eat, or avoid eating, that negatively affects both one's physical and mental health. Eating disorders are all encompassing. They affect every part of the person's life. According to the authors of Surviving an Eating Disorder, "feelings about work, school, relationships, day-to-day activities and one's experience of emotional well being are determined by what has or has not been eaten or by a number on a scale." Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are the most common eating disorders generally recognized by medical classification schemes, with a significant diagnostic overlap between the two. Together, they affect an estimated 5-7% of females in the United States during their lifetimes. There is a third type of eating disorder currently being investigated and defined - Binge Eating Disorder. This is a chronic condition that occurs when an individual consumes huge amounts of food during a brief period of time and feels totally out of control and unable to stop their eating. It can lead to serious health conditions such as morbid obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.

Monday, June 30, 2008

A Parallel Between Bulimia And Anorexia

The most disturbing symptom of eating disorders, the picture is distorted body. People usually associate distorted body image with severe anorexia. It should be noted that this distortion may be more common in people with bulimia. There are also differences between the anorexia rather an accurate perception of the upper body and bulimia.

People with bulimia were more likely than those with anorexia. The anorexia overestimated its Grae: abdomen and pelvic area. The bulimia is usually practiced in secret. The symptoms may include the following steps: Notes on discarded packaging for laxatives, diet pills, emetics (drugs, vomiting) or diuretics (drugs, reducing the liquids), eating large quantities of food or to buy large quantities, the disappear immediately, compulsive exercise, broken Blutgefae in the eyes, swollen salivary glands, dry mouth, teeth develop cavities, diseased gums and irreversible erosion of ebermaigen acid.

Other symptoms that occur are: rashes and pimples, small cuts and calluses on the tips of the finger joints. The symptoms specific to anorexia are: weight loss, if ebermaige and constant dieting, menstruation may be rare or absent, orthopedic problems, especially in dancers and athletes, the refusal to eat for others, sensitivity to cold, yellowish skin especially on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, hair can be thin and after eating the stomach may be distressed and bloated. A bad memory and lack of judgement can be present for a patient with anorexia, can be or should slowed.

People fear of bulimia and anorexia effects and they must regularly consult the doctor.

 

For more resources about anorexia and bulimia please review this page http://www.anorexia-center.com/anorexia-tips.htm, or even http://www.anorexia-center.com/pro-anorexia.htm

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