Bulimia

What is bulimia? I've never heard it--"

Bulimia Nervosa(a.k.a bulimia) is an eating disorder characterized by binge eating and purging, or consuming a large amount of food in a short amount of time followed by an attempt to rid oneself of the food consumed (purging), typically by vomiting, taking a laxative, diuretic, or stimulant, or excessive exercise, because of an extensive concern for body weight.

Bulimia nervosa means disease of hunger affecting the nervous system. Bulimia nervosa was named and first described by the British psychiatrist Gerald Russel in 1979.

Then, how's their life?

Some individuals may tend to alternate between bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa. Bulimia is also commonly accompanied with fasting over an extended period of time. These dangerous, habit-forming practices occur while the sufferer is trying to keep their weight under a self-imposed threshold. It can lead to potassium loss and health deterioration, with depressive symptoms that are often severe and lead to a high risk of suicide. Bulimia nervosa is considered to be less life threatening than anorexia; however, the occurrence of bulimia nervosa is higher.

Many individuals with bulimia nervosa also have an additional psychiatric disorder. Common comorbidities are mood disorder, anxiety, impulse control, and substance-misuse disorders. Patients with bulimia nervosa often have impulsive behaviors involving overspending and sexual behaviors as well as having family histories of alcohol and substance abuse, mood and eating disorder.

How could we know it?

Well, here's the sign of someone who has bulimia

• fixation on number of calories consumed
• fixation on and extreme consciousness of weight
• low self-esteem
• low blood pressure
• irregular menstrual cycle
• constant trips to the bathroom
• depression

As with many psychiatric illnesses, delusions can occur with other signs and symptoms leaving the person with a false belief that is not ordinarily accepted by others.

The causes are...?

Bulimia has two causes, biological and social, but I'm going to share the causes of social. Why? Because at the moat bulimia case, the patient had bulimia because of the sociality.

Media portrayals of an 'ideal' body shape are widely considered to be a contributing factor to bulimia.

All human wants to be a 'perfect' person in so many ways, and sometimes being popular is the most important thing these days.

So many girls want to be perfect as the actress on television. They think their body isn't good enough, and embrace themselves. 

And the popular girls usually bully someone who they think isn't perfect.

The last...

Share the love to everyone, cause love is louder than a preasure to be perfect.  Make them realise that this life is worth for life, and, everyone's perfect in their on    way.