Is making yourself sick bad for the body?!


Question: Is making yourself sick bad for the body.?
hi eating so much then making my self sick so dont put on weight what is this doing to my body really need to know the damage i am causingHealth Question & Answer


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I am going to speak to you from personal experience....I was bulimic for about 8 years when I was younger. Now, approximately 9 years later, a mouth full of dentures, thin hair, constant upper respiratory sickness, an extra 30 pounds around the middle, years of therapy for it, and a daughter of my own I can honestly tell you it is SO not worth it. I AM ONLY 32 YRS OLD! My teeth started rotting out about 1 year or so after I starting vomiting. I didn't think it would get to the point where ALL of them would rot and break. My hair was gorgeous and long. Now I am lucky to have enough for a ponytail. The cost of therapy to help me with my disease was astonishing. If I could go back and change that part of my life I would. You are probably a wonderful and beautiful person inside and out. Never let others perception of you cause you to do such things to your body. YOU are worth taking care of yourself and if you need help, contact someone who specializes in your particular problem. God BlessHealth Question & Answer

well start with your teeth, continued exposure to stomach acids from vomit, will corrode your teeth, you end up with dentures by the time you are thirty. Moving down to the esophagus, vomiting repeatedly causes esophageal varices (fancy word for swollen blood vessels) these vessels are large and if they rupture, you can bleed to death quickly, down to the hiatus, the sphincter leading to your stomach, repeated vomiting can rupture that sphincter causing bleeding, and reflux, all those lovely stomach acids splashing on those varices again you risk bleeding to death. Then the stomach, heaving like that throws your acid balance waaaaay off in your stomach, making it impossible to properly digest food, leaving you prone to ulcers and infections. Moving on the the intestines, you end up sending too many acids, not enough food through there and you get duodenal ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, even Crohn's disease where they end up removing your bowel and you poop into a bag strapped on your abdomen for the rest of your life. And lastly, the rectum, having so little output (because you've vomited it all) the stool gets hard and difficult to pass causing hemmorhoids and anal fissures. Sorry to be so descriptive, but honey you asked.Health Question & Answer

This illness is called Bulimia

Bulimia nervosa (usually referred to just as bulimia) is an eating disorder. The condition was first recognised as an eating disorder in 1979.

Who is affected by bulimia.?

Bulimia can affect both men and women but, statistically, women are 10 times more likely to develop bulimia than men. However, bulimia is becoming more common in boys and men.

Recent studies suggest that around eight in every 100 women will have bulimia at some point in their lives. The condition can occur at any age but it often starts around the age of 19. Bulimia can affect children, but this is extremely rare.

Bingeing and purging

Eating disorders can sometimes be difficult to understand. Everyone has their own eating habits

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