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This picture illustrate that basically the whole body is
affect when someone suffers from Bulemia Nervosa.
These two pictures are tooth from people who suffered from
Bulimia:
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-The disorder is most common in teenagegirls and young women.
-The affected person is usually aware that her eating pattern is abnormal and may feel scare or blame with the binge-purge episodes.
Causes, Incidence and Risk Factors
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A strong desire to go to the bathroom or vomiting
-Many more women than men have bulimia.
-The exact cause of bulimia is unknown. Genetic, psychological,
trauma, family, society, or cultural factors may play a
role. Bulimia is likely due to more than one factor
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Symptoms
- People with bulimia often eat large amounts of high-calorie foods, usually in secret. People can feel a absence of control over their eating during these episodes.
-Forcing oneself to vomit
-Excessive exercise
-Use of laxatives, enemas, or diuretics (water pills)
-People with bulimia are often at a normal weight, but they may see themselves as being overweight.
Signs -Broken blood vessels in the eyes (from the strain of vomiting)
-Dry mouth
-Pouch-like look to the corners of the mouth due to swollen salivary glands
-Small cuts and calluses across the tops of the finger joints from forcing oneself to vomit
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