Eating disorders are a range of conditions expressed through abnormal or disturbed eating habits.
Bulimia Nervosa is a well-known eating disorder. People with Bulimia Nervosa tend to eat large amounts of food in a short period of time, then purge. In some cases, people who have Bulimia Nervosa tend to feel like they are gaining weight even though they are at a normal weight. This eating disorder usually develops during a young, adolescent age, just like Anorexia. Studies show that this eating disorder is less common among men then women (Petre, 2017). People who are diagnosed with this eating disorder, tend to have an episode where they binge eat until they are painfully full, this is painful for the body and its digestive system. After the episode of binge eating occurs, the person usually goes through a purge of no eating to make up for their episode of binge eating. Common purging behaviours include, forced vomiting, fasting, laxatives, diuretics, enemas and excessive exercise, so the body is affected a lot during both the binge and the purge afterwards. There are several factors that could cause a person to develop the Bulimia eating disorder. Biological factors, obesity, dieting, distressing and traumatic events. Some recognizable symptoms that may be in some people include, rapid binge eating episodes, swelling in the cheeks, broken blood vessels in the eyes, guilt and distress, and excessive exercise. There are also several treatments for this disorder, you should always visit a trained professional, like a doctor. Bulimia can then be treated with, medicine, cognitive therapy and many others. So as you can see there is mental and medicinal treatments.
Citations:
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/common-eating-disorders#section4
Nice job Michael! Is bulimia a psychological disorder as well as an eating disorder?
In a way, people who struggle with Bulimia think they are overweight, after their eating binge, so they then excessively exercise and may self induce vomit.