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Do men experience Bulimia Nervosa?
Yes.Bulimia nervosa in men accounts for only 5-10% of all bulimia cases (with women making up the larger 90-95%). In most instances, male sufferers are caucasian in the middle to upper socioeconomic class. Its onset is generally later on in life as opposed to occurring during adolescence. Also, instances of bulimia nervosa in men have been linked to athletes in a sport that has weight regulations (such as boxers).
What does it mean if someone has bulimia nervosa?
It means that they eat excessively and then try to prevent weight gain by some form of purging. This usually involves making themselves throw up, or taking laxatives, or obsessive exercise.
What is it called when you make yourself throw up?
Depending on one's behavior other than purging, self-induced vomiting can be a sign of bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa (purging subtype), or eating disorder not otherwise specified (ed-nos). The DSM V may also include a new eating disorder called Purging Disorder.
Which term describes an eating disorder that is characterized by binge eating?
It seems as though you are referring to bulimia. However, bulimia is characterized by binge eating followed by purging (throwing up). Binge eating alone would probably just be considered food addiction.
What treatments are used in traditional Chinese medicine?
After making a diagnosis, the physician will suggest a course of treatment from one or all of the available TCM methods. These fall into four main categories: herbal medicine, acupuncture, dietary therapy, and massage and exercise.
Can chronic cough result from bulimia?
Since bulimia is where someone forces them self to vomit, they COULD get a chronic cough. Since the stomach acid in the vomit can erode at the skin the the throat, it will irritate the skin, therefore making you want to cough.
Is making yourself vomit a form of detoxing?
No. It would be considered a factor of bulimia, a dangerous and potentially fatal eating disorder.
What are the benefits of testing in a Lab?
these help in making diagnose to the physician.
What does exclusion of pancreatic cancer mean?
When making a diagnosis in medicine, physicians often first make a list of possible conditions before deciding upon a final diagnosis. This list of possibilities is called a differential diagnosis. As the physician records a history of a patient, performs a physical exam, and reads laboratory tests, items can be added or removed from the differential diagnosis. When tests reveal sufficient evidence against a particular disease or condition, that condition can be removed, or excluded, from the differential diagnosis. So exclusion of pancreatic cancer means that tests and questions have been asked that have led to the conclusion that pancreatic cancer is no longer considered as a likely diagnosis.
If you make yourself throw up are you bulimic or do you have to get it as a disease?
Bulimia is the act of making yourself purge food that you have eaten. It cannot be caught as a disease.
If you have bulimia is drastic weight loss ever not seen?
This is actually really common with bulimia (binging and purging), which is often why it's hard to detect. From my understanding, a person with bulimia usually consumes enough calories to maintain their weight. When a person binges, they are consuming excess calories, so when they purge they are getting rid of these EXCESS calories, preventing them from gaining weight, but not making them lose weight.
What is the word for making yourself throw up after eating and never feeling hungry?
To purge is to make yourself vomit after eating. "Binge and purge" is a type of bulimia nervosa, an eating disorder. Binging is overeating to the point of making the stomach uncomfortable from overextension, and this is followed by quickly purging before the food is digested, in the case of these kinds of bulimics. Not sure what you meant by "never feeling hungry", but perhaps you were thinking about anorexia nervosa, another eating disorder, characterized by an extremely low body weight, amenorrhea, a distorted body image, and fasting or exessive exercising behaviors, etc. Both of these are extremely dangerous eating disorders and have high death and suicide rates. If you have any of these habits, or are interested in weight loss, please speak to a parent, counselor, or nutritionist.
