California Bulimia Nervosa Treatment
The different eating disorders
Eating disorders are groups of conditions that are normally characterized by eating habits that are perceived as being abnormal. By “abnormal”, we are referring to either an excessive or insufficient amount of food that the person is consuming. There are 3 primary eating disorders as follows:
Anorexia Nervosa – characterized by poor self esteem and a distorted self image and evidenced by refusing to eat properly and maintain a healthy body weight.
binge eating disorders – this condition now affects 2% of all men and 3.5% of all women. It is the most common of the eating disorders and is a binging form of eating disorder.
Bulimia Nervosa – characterized by binge eating which is then followed up by some compensatory measure such as one of the following:
- the use of diuretics, enemas, and laxatives
- purging (a.k.a. defensive vomiting)
- over exercising
It is Bulimia Nervosa that we are concerned with in this content because once it progresses to serious levels and the individual’s life may be at stake, it is time to seek out help and enter a California Bulimia Nervosa treatment center to be treated and then recover.
What is affected by Bulimia?
When someone develops Bulimia Nervosa, there are numerous areas of the body that are affected by the disorder. The following areas and organs are typically affected when you are suffering with Bulimia Nervosa:
- blood
- bodily fluids
- brain
- cheeks
- heart
- hormones
- intestines
- kidneys
- mouth
- muscles
- skin
- stomach
- throat and esophagus
This should give you a fairly good idea of how detrimental Bulimic behavior can be. It can also damage the individual emotionally and mentally as well as physically. The right California Bulimia Nervosa treatment program can help.
Bulimia Nervosa and pregnancy
An active case of Bulimia Nervosa can cause a woman to miss here periods occasionally. In some cases, she may never have her monthly cycle. This means that she will not ovulate which makes it exceedingly difficult to get pregnant. Additionally, if she does get pregnant, she may encounter the following problems:
- the baby may be born feet first
- the baby may be born premature or be a still birth
- the baby may have a low birth weight
- a C-Section may be required
- there could be birth defects including blindness or even mental retardation
- the mother could develop high blood pressure
- the mother may suffer with depression after the baby is born
- the mother may develop diabetes during her pregnancy
The taking of diuretics and laxatives that are not prescribed could harm the fetus during the gestation period as well. These chemicals take away important fluids and nutrients from the mother that are necessary for helping the baby develop before birth.