Bulimia can be fatal, instant psychotherapeutic or pharmacological treatment recommended

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A 17 year old girl wrote about her condition seeking solution for Bulimia—an eating disorder characterized by consuming a large amount of food in a short amount of time, followed by a shot to get rid of the consumed food, typically by vomiting, taking a medication and/or excessive exercise. She’d been suffering from the disorder for about 6 months as of then, and despite people kept on telling her how much weight she’d gained and that she looks good, she continued with her obsessive urge to consume more and more food. Bulimia was making her life miserable—but helplessly—she couldn’t do anything about it. Her relationship had already split up and parents were concerned about her snappiness. The girl knew she was suffering from an eating disorder, but since her parents didn’t had any clue about it, provision of psychological help seemed unfeasible. She didn’t really want to acknowledge people of her disorder of out fear of being embarrassed and scolded. She was gradually slipping into depression.

This is the story of one of the many victims who’re haunted by recurrent and frequent episodes of Bulimia. The fatalities of eating disorders are habitually overlooked. Deaths from Bulimia often get recorded as heart or kidney failure in certificates as a result of which obtaining statistical data becomes difficult.

Upon suspicion of such abnormality, instant visit to a treatment center is crucial. About 50 % of sufferers who avoid treatment ends up with depression, and a relatively larger percentage falls victim to plethora of physiological ailments including peptic ulcers, infertility, and electrolyte imbalance; the later can lead to cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac arrest, and even death.

Ease of availability of psychological aid has become call of the hour. We do need to establish mental therapeutic centers where sufferers can go on a daily basis, and have different types of affordable therapies to cure their condition and live a normal life.