This document discusses bulimia nervosa, including its causes, symptoms, and signs. It notes that bulimia is more common in teenage girls and young women, and may be caused by genetic, psychological, trauma, family, society or cultural factors. Key symptoms include binge eating large amounts of food in secret followed by purging behaviors like vomiting, laxative abuse, or excessive exercise to lose weight. Signs of bulimia include broken blood vessels in the eyes, dry mouth, swollen salivary glands, and cuts on fingers from induced vomiting.

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This picture illustrate
that basically the
whole body is affect
when someone suffers
from Bulemia Nervosa.
These two pictures are
tooth from people who
suffered from Bulimia:

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Causes, Incidence and Risk Factors Azevedo
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-Many more women than men have bulimia.
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-The disorder is most common in teenage -The exact cause of
girls and young women. bulimia is unknown.
Genetic, psychological,
trauma, family,
society, or cultural
factors may play a
role. Bulimia is likely
due to more than one
factor
-The affected person is usually aware that her eating pattern is
abnormal and may feel scare or blame with the binge-purge
episodes.
A strong desire to go to the
bathroom or vomiting

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-People with bulimia are often at a normal weight, but F
they may see themselves as being overweight.
-Forcing oneself to vomit
- People with bulimia often eat large amounts of high-
calorie foods, usually in secret. People can feel a
absence of control over their eating during these
episodes.
-Excessive exercise
-Use of laxatives, enemas, or diuretics (water pills)
Signs
-Broken blood vessels in the eyes (from the strain of
vomiting)
-Dry mouth
-Pouch-like look to the corners of the mouth due to
swollen salivary glands
-Small cuts and calluses across the tops of the finger
joints from forcing oneself to vomit