Why does bulimia make your cheeks swell?

Answer 1

Paddler123: The cheeks become enlarged when the parotid glands (the largest salivary glands) become swollen due to purging. This is sometimes referred to as "chipmunk cheeks." The swelling can be reduced when purging stops, though swelling reduction typically takes a few weeks. However, the symptoms won't go away if still purging.

Felicity288:

If a blood vessel was popped while throwing up due to excess strain, that could cause your cheek to swell, sometimes with a rosy color and sometimes without. Also, bulimia can cause muscles to retain water, sometimes in place of fat. You cheeks could be water-bloated, but this will pass within a few weeks or so.

Answer 2

You are probably allergic to something you are eating or something that you are involved with. The only way to know for sure is to eliminate certain things from your daily intake. Start with dairy foods, juices, white bread, and so on. Of course going to an allergist you can have them run a test kit to see where you are most allergic. I hope you do that. If not, you will continue to have this problem and others along with it.

Answer 3

When people purge and throw up, the cheecks can swell. This is as a reuslt of blood rushing to the face (which can also cause bleeding gums and blodd-shot or red-colored eyes) and also the strain that happen when a person vomits.