subject: Some Facts On Bulimia Nervosa [print this page] When it comes to food, many are passionate with it and may also be seen to eat a slight more than what generally constitutes as a normal meal. This is perfectly normal. However, there are some whose abnormal treatment towards food has made them turned into victims of eating disorders. Bulimia Nervosa is one such eating disorder and people suffering from it are known as bulimic. Bulimia occurs when a person has constant urges of eating and after the consumption of food gets rid of the food through various methods. Bulimia involves a cycle that makes the patient suffer from a constant eating binge and then subsequent purge.
Bulimia is an eating disorder that mostly occurs in teens and other elder women and sometimes involves men as well. Bulimia in a person may arise due to varied reasons. People suffering from low self-esteem, who think of themselves as worthless, underestimating their beauty often turn into bulimics. Dissatisfaction with ones own body shape and size is a common reason beyond the occurrence of bulimia in people. Stressful life and strained relationships have also given birth to bulimia in individuals. People like models, actors, dancers, gymnasts, i.e who are into a profession that involves fitness have also been patients of this particular disorder. Studies have also shown that bulimia in several women was the result of sexual abuse that they had at some point of their life prior to their bulimia. This is purely a psychological disorder which has not only harmful effects on the body, on the body as well. However, with the help of proper bulimia treatment, patients recover and get back to the normal healthy life.
Health centers that offer bulimia treatment first see whether the patient requires an initial treatment or not. Some patients may require going for treatment first because of the dehydration in their body that has been caused due to the excessive amount of laxatives, diuretics or enemas. However, cases that are not so serious and do not require the patient to stay at a hospital are directly made to undergo the CBT or Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy which is a psychological counseling for bulimics. The purpose behind CBT is to make the patients mind free from the negative thoughts that gives birth to behavioral problems making him or her go into this diabolical circle of binge eating and purging. Purging does not necessarily involve the use of laxatives or enemas. A bulimic may also get rid of the excess calories by following a strict diet course or rigorous exercises. Bulimia treatment along with CBT may also require medications such as various anti-depressants that will help control one the urge to binge and purge and also offering help to cope with depression. It will also include a healthy diet chart that will help the patient gain a healthy body back.
