Eating Disorders
- What is an Eating Disorder?
- Warning Signs
- Types of Eating Disorders
- Risk Factors
- Classifying Eating Disorders
- Disordered Eating
- Dieting
- Eating Disorders and Children
- Eating Disorders and Adolescents
- Eating Disorders and Males
- Eating Disorders and Older People
- If You Think You May Have an Eating Disorder
- Treatment Information
- For Health Professionals
- Eating Disorders and Other Health Problems
Physical Effects
What is Bulimia Nervosa?Physical Effects
Psychological Effects
Behavioural Effects
There are many physical symptoms associated with Bulimia Nervosa, many of which are similar to the effects of Anorexia Nervosa. Some of the physical symptoms associated with bulimia include:
- Tooth decay
- Dehydration
- Stomach & intestinal ulcers
- Inflammation & rupture of the oesophagus
- Irregular or slow heart beat
- Heart failure
- Erosion of dental enamel from vomiting
- Swollen salivary glands
- The possibility of a ruptured stomach
- Chronic sore throat and gullet
- Sore throat, indigestion, heartburn and reflux
- Abdominal pain and bloating
- Electrolyte imbalance resulting in cardiac arrhythmia, muscle fatigue and cramps
- Bowel problems, constipation, diarrhoea, cramps
Last Updated: June 2009