Effects of bulimia

The most dangerous side effect of bulimia is dehydration due to purging. Vomiting, laxatives, and diuretics can cause electrolyte imbalances in the body, most commonly in the form of low potassium levels.

Physical consequences

• heartburn
• tooth decay and gum damage
• cracks in the wall of the stomach or esphagus
• too low blood pressure
• circulatory problems
• giddiness,fatigue,palpitations,sweating,vision problems,fainting
• muscle cramps,muscle weakness,constipation,kidney damage,fluid accumulation
• burns of the pharynx end esophagus

Psychological consequences

• mood swings
• depressions
• social isolation
• listlessness
• restlessness
• lack of concentration
• suicidal thoughts

Teeth after frequent vomiting^ ^

In patients with bulimia it comes in that is held between the binge eating diet or the fact that the food is broken, in the meantime to malnutrition. As a consequence of hormonal and metabolic changes occur, through which the energy consumption is reduced.

Under these conditions, a normal calorie intake leads to a short-term weight gain, with the result that patients increasingly try to control their weight. In this way, could not normalize the biological changes and it uses a vicious circle.

On the psychological level can be observed that the disturbed eating behavior often results in the victims to withdraw from other people and lose interest in other things. This isolation can exacerbate the lack of self-esteem, often suffer from the bulimic women.

Just try this deficiency but women make up the fact that they reach through weight control, a supposedly more attractive appearance.

The weight loss has profound psychological consequences. Changes in protein metabolism (amino acids, building blocks of proteins or proteins) can low-carbohydrate diet may be at the transmission between nerve cells change in the brain (by serotonin deficiency) and thus change the mood. With increasing depression patients lose more and more joy and interest in the environment. Simultaneously, the concentration does lose as well as the overall performance and also the interest in sex.