Articles on Bulimia

How to Cope With Bulimia

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Learning to cope with bulimia is an ongoing process. Because eating disorders may take years to overcome, it's important that people suffering from them learn to cope by finding ways to get help as soon as possible. The sooner bulimia is tackled, ... more »

How to Get Financial Help for Bulimia Treatments

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Individuals battling bulimia often find themselves in financial straits after spending large amounts of money on food during periods of binging. Unfortunately, most of the professional treatment options available for bulimics can be very costly. ... more »

How to help someone who has bulimia

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The support of a spouse, parent, sibling, or friend is one of the most valuable tools a person with bulimia can have. If someone close to you has bulimia, you can face it together in many different ways, but remember that they are the one with ... more »

How to Keep a Diary of Eating Behaviors

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The battle against eating disorders can take many months and even years to overcome with the proper help. Maintaining a diary of eating behaviors has proven to be an effective way to manage disorders like anorexia and bulimia. The diary gives the ... more »

How to Know that you are an Anorexic

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What is anorexic? Whatever meaning that you will come up with that word, the result is not gonna be good to your health. It is a mental problem that you cannot get rid by just taking a medicine. You need to have a counseling and understanding ... more »

How to Recognize the Symptoms of Bulimia

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Bulimia is an eating disorder that affects the way a person looks at food and her personal body image. There are a wide range of bulimia symptoms that often go unnoticed because of the stigma associated with the psychological condition. Many ... more »

How to Recover From Bulimia

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It is not easy to recover from an eating disorder. Bulimia nervosa recovery takes time, patience and dedication. Patients who suffer from bulimia must change their attitude towards eating as well as their eating habits to maintain a successful ... more »

How to Stop Binging and Purging

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Binging and purging or bulimia can cause health complications and even death. If you are suffering from bulimia or another eating disorder, follow these steps back to a normal, healthy life... more »

How to Treat Bulimia in Men

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Estimates conclude that more than 1 million men suffer from bulimia nervosa per year. Bulimia is an eating disorder in which sufferers try to control their body weight. They often go through cycles of binge eating and purging. Due to the fact ... more »

How to Use Effexor to Treat Bulimia

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Effexor belongs to the SNRI (serotonin-norepinephrine inhibitor) family of antidepressants and is sometimes used to treat bulimia, an eating disorder characterized by binging and purging eating behaviors. Effexor is usually reserved for cases ... more »

How to Assess Cortisol in Saliva to Detect Bulimia

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The relationship between cortisol in saliva and weight levels is accepted for people with obesity, but the procedure is still being refined for other eating disorders. You can assess cortisol in saliva to detect bulimia, although other methods ... more »

How to Beat Bulimia and Return to Life

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Bulimia can take over your life and control your actions. To recover from this disabling disorder, follow these steps... more »

How to Conduct a Physical Exam to Detect Bulimia

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A comprehensive physical exam is important not only to diagnose bulimia, but to see what treatments will be needed to correct often extensive bodily damage. There are a few tests you need to be sure to do when you conduct a physical exam to ... more »

How to Enter an Eating Disorder Treatment Center for Bulimia

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Choosing the appropriate eating disorder treatment center can be an overwhelming experience. Because bulimia treatment centers are not so common and cannot be found everywhere, choosing to enter one may require planning well in advance and taking ... more »

How to Establish Eating Habits When Recovering From Bulimia

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Bulimia creates a vicious cycle involving eating large amounts of food at one time (called binging) and then getting rid of the food (called purging, when food is regurgitated). When an individual regurgitates (vomits), a false sense of increased ... more »

How to Have Insurance Pay for Bulimia Treatments

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Although bulimia impacts the lives of millions of people every year, a small percentage of people seek out professional help to overcome this eating disorder. For those suffering through bulimia for long periods of time, professional help is a ... more »

How to Help a Friend who has an Eating Disorder

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Most eating disorders develop because of an underlying self-esteem issue. Whether it is a fear of getting fat or an intense desire to please others and fit in, an eating disorder can wreak havoc on a person's body and mind. If you have a friend ... more »

How to Help a Loved One With Bulimia

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Helping a loved one with bulimia is a difficult task. We are pushed to nurture those we love by nature, which can make it hard to find the right approach to dealing with somebody who has an eating disorder, as many are in denial or refuse to get ... more »

How to Hold an Intervention for Bulimia

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A person with an eating disorder suffers not only from body image issues; she may also be in denial about her condition. When you're sure that someone is suffering from bulimia, either by overeating and purging or from excessive use of laxatives ... more »

How to Identify Bulimia Treatment Risks

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Bulimia traps people in a cycle of going to food in order to find some amount of peace and control in their lives. After eating, guilt and negative feelings kick in to create the need to control the food being ingested and to purge the system. ... more »

How to Identify Safe Foods for a Bulimia Patient

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Bulimia affects 5 to 10 million girls and women and as many as 1 million boys and men in the U.S. according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Overcoming bulimia can takes months and even years depending on how long the individual ... more »

How to Identify What Causes Bulimia

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Although the medical causes of bulimia are still under investigation, experts agree that some common catalysts are present in a majority of cases. If you have a friend or family member who suffers from bulimia, understanding more about the ... more »

How to Meet the DSM Criteria for Bulimia

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The Diagnostic and Statistics Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) gives a list of symptoms and features of many disorders, including eating disorders like bulimia. There are a few requirements that a patient must meet for the DSM criteria of bulimia... more »

How to Pick a Treatment Option for Bulimia

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Bulimia (bulimia nervosa), is an eating disorder that involves periods of binge-eating followed by purging (such as self-induced vomiting or excessive use of laxatives). People who suffer from bulimia use food to cope with stress, depression or ... more »

How to Raise Awareness of Bulimia

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Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder that affects millions of men and women each year. Although it is known as a women's disorder, bulimia affects not only the sufferer but her friends and family as well. Many men and women fear coming forward ... more »

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