Bulimia is a disease caused by the psychology of the patient, resulting in eating disorders. Bulimia is a condition where a patient overeating repeatedly and then back out. Issued food eaten can be through vomiting usually induced by laxatives, but it is also by removing it through urination by using diuretics.
Moreover, in addition to overeating, bulimia sufferers also tend to be very strict diet and excessive exercise. Characteristics of bulimia disease is certainly a habit of issuing food eaten very quickly, so it is very strange to ordinary people when back regurgitate after eating food.
Cleaning or vomit estimated as action to reduce hatred or guilt because they binge. Patients obsessed to rid themselves of the food, so food intake did not get absorbed by the body.
Cleaning action usually takes place immediately, but in some people with bulimia do cleaning at some period thereafter.
As with anorexia, bulimia is always associated with a control diet or weight loss. People with bulimia are usually paid much attention to weight, always feel less confident with the weight that tend to excessive dieting. The difference with patients with anorexia, people with bulimia have more stable body weight so that the disease is rarely known by the general public.
To detect the symptoms of bulimia in everyday life is hard. Process sometimes overeating is a common thing in society. Eating is a fun activity, can relieve stress or depression. In addition, each person also has a different appetite, so eat with the number of lots that sometimes is normal.
In addition, people with bulimia are not always thin. Could have had a normal weight or even overweight. But there are some signs that can be considered as a symptom of bulimia, namely:
- Always to the bathroom after meals to throw up (of course done many times).
- Excessive exercise.
- There is a change such as swollen cheeks or jaw, broken blood vessels in the eye, damage to the tooth enamel so that it is obvious.
- Too shackled with heavy affairs or body shape.