Eating Disorders: Anorexia

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starts around the time of puberty and involves extreme weight loss.
Sometimes they must be hospitalized to prevent starvation because food and
weight become obsessions. For some, the compulsiveness shows up in strange
eating rituals, some even collect recipes and prepare gourmet feasts for family
and friends. Loss of monthly menstrual periods is typical in women with this
disorder and men with this disorder usually become impotent.

People with bulmia nervosa consume large amounts of food and then rid their
bodies of the excess calories by vomiting, abusing laxatives or excersising
obsessively. Some use a combination of all these forms of purging. Many
individuals with bulimia " binge and purge " in secret and maintain normal or
above normal body weight, they can often successfully hide their problem from
others for years. As with anorexia, bulimia typically begins during adolescence.
The condition occurs most often in women but is also found in men. Many
individuals with ...

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or substance abuse disorders, and many are at a risk for suicide.
Obsessive compulsive disorder, an illness characterized by repetitive thoughts
and behaviors, can also accompany anorexia.

Bulimia nervosa patients- even those of normal weight- can severly damage their
bodies by frequet binge eating and purging. In rare instances, binge eating
causes the stomach to rupture, purging may result in heart failure due to loss
of vital minerlas, such a potassium. Vomiting causes other less deadly, but
serios, problems. The acid in vomit wears the outer layer of the teeth and can
cause scarring on the backs of hands when fingers are pushed down the throat to
induce vomiting. ...

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