Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders are a serious mental health issue. One in ten cases of anorexia nervosa leads to death from starvation, cardiac arrest, and kidney failure, other medical complications, or suicide; furthermore, people with this disorder may die without treatment. Treatment usually begins in an outpatient facility, hospitalization may be necessary in serious cases. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia and binge eating are three examples of psychiatric eating disorders.
Bulimia Nervosa is a secretive cycle of binge eating followed by purging. Bulimia includes eating large amounts of food, more than most people eat in one meal. They would then get rid of the food by self inflicted vomiting, over use of laxatives, or over exercising. They will hide the fact that they throw up, by running water in the bathroom. This person may have many sore throats with swelling of the cheeks from vomiting. Dieting heavily between the binging and purging is also common. Eventually, half......
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