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Anorexia and Bulimia
Bulimia
Anorexia
An anorexic person commonly: is under weight, does not eat, many people begin to excessively exercise, take diet pills and try to make themselves not hungry. They obsess about calorie counts and what food they are in taking.
Bulimia is when a person constantly binges on food and then purges. A bulimic person then uses various methods like vomiting or laxative abuse to get rid of the food with the hope of losing weight.
Short and Long Term Effects
•Vomiting over and over again puts stomach acid in the esophagus, which can permanently damage this area. •Constipation, Dehydration, Dental cavities, Electrolyte imbalances, Hemorrhoids, Pancreatitis, and Swelling of the throat. •Bulimia is a long-term illness. Many people will still have some symptoms, even with treatment.[ •Tooth decay •Loss of stomach acid causes electrolyte imbalance which causes kidneys, intestinal, and heart functions. •Hypokalemia- low blood levels of potassium •Abuse of laxatives causes the intestines to lose their ability to function. •Anxiety, shame, constant lying.
Causes
By Julia DeBolt and Amy Wistrom
-The person often starts to want to lose weight and then wants to become more and more skinnier to meet there own perfection. -Can be caused by negative feelings about their body. -If a profession stresses that you need to be skinny people will fall into anorexic behaviors. -if they are pressured to become thin and have a bad self image problems. -if there is childhood abuse in past, might become more commonly susceptible to becoming anorexic.
Treatments
1. Intensive Treatment Program: provides support and structure 24 hours a day. 2. Daycare/Outpatient Program: where people can stay at home and receive daycare program and getting structured daily care. 3. Continuing Care Program: provides weekly professional supervised care to people who have progressed through previous programs offered and still is needing support. 4. Family Program: provides weekend sessions to family members so that they can address family issues raised by anorexia. (Radar program) -Recovering can take 5-6 years •It is common for bulimia to return (relapse), and this is no cause for despair. •The process is painful, and the patient and family need to work hard. •Only Fluoxetine (brand name: Prozac) has approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of bulimia nervosa
