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7 things you need to know about bulimia
Today, I’m going to talk to you about a very serious topic,bulimia.
These are the 7 things you need to know about bulimia.
I’m urging you, if you struggle with bulimia, to get help.
1.Damage to vocal cords.
I’ve had clients who were trying out for different things, whether it be even just a high school play or a high school musical, or people who do it professionally, and they’ve been let go because their voice isn’t consistent.
Something we didn’t think about, right?
2.Damage to teeth.
Because you’re purging, right?
Your stomach acids are coming through our mouth, and it’s getting on our teeth, and it’s eroding the enamel, and it can cause permanent damage.
The sooner you get help, the better the outcome.
3. Swollen salivary glands.
You can usually tell with 90% certainty if someone’s purging or not because they’re really puffy in the throat area.
You’re actually asking your salivary glands to be extremely overactive, and so they’re reacting adversely to this over-action, and they’re puffing up.
You’re actually asking your salivary glands to be extremely overactive, and so they’re reacting adversely to this over-action, and they’re puffing up.
4. Reproductive harm.
If you’re not getting enough nutrients and our body is slowly eating itself because you’re not digesting the food that it needs, and you reproductive system will shut down, and you can become infertile.
That is really sad. A lot of my clients want children, and so the sooner you get help, the better off you are protecting our reproduction system.
5. Hair loss.
Your hair growth is dependent on your nutrients, right?
Your skin can start to sag, too, because your body relies on hydration.
If you’re purging, chances are good that you’re pretty dehydrated.
Your hair may grow back, but oftentimes my clients are really frustrated because they’ve aged themselves.
Your hair may grow back, but oftentimes my clients are really frustrated because they’ve aged themselves.
You may be 20, but you look 40, and that’s not something to scare you. It’s a fact. Once you’ve wrinkled and you’ve aged, that damage can’t really be undone.
6.Bone density loss.
This is something that’s incredibly scary, especially if you are still active in sports. You can have osteopenia or osteoporosis pretty quickly when you’re not getting the right amount of nutrients because something people don’t realize is that your body starts to eat itself when it’s not getting the right food that it needs.
…your body starts to eat itself when it’s not getting the right food that it needs…
It’ll start eating your muscle, and your bone density will go down because it needs to use those nutrients for other things, and bone isn’t that necessary at that moment.\r\n\r\nYour body goes into survival mode. The sooner you get help, the sooner you can stop the osteopenia from becoming osteoporosis.
7.Tearing of your esophagus.
- If you see blood when you’re purging
- If you see blood when you cough
- If you have some blood in your mouth,
Get help!
Tears in your esophagus can be serious, get help and go see your doctor. They can sometimes repair the tears in your esophagus.
A doctor can tell you what to do to heal, because if you don’t heal, and you let those torn sores go untreated for too long, then you run the risk of terrible infections.
I’ve heard infections horror stories that required ridiculous treatments.
If you think about it, you’re tearing in your esophagus, right?
Then you’re eating and drinking and purging more, and all of the food bacteria and all of the bacteria that’s just in our body in general is seeping into those infected sores, and it can get extremely dangerous really fast.
I urge you, if you see any blood in your throw-up at all, please, please, please go to see your doctor. Go to the ER and get help.
You’re not alone, and you’ll get through this. A healthy mind and a healthy body is a work in progress.
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Did you know: We offer a free referral service that educates and helps you pick the best rehab for you or a loved one? Speak to a care specialist who can answer all your treatment-related questions, review your health insurance or out of pocket eligibility and locate a facility that is perfect for your needs. All you have to do is visit our drug treatment centers page to get started.
