Alternate Bulimia Anorexia

Introduction Gluttony anorexia is a dietary dysfunction that is extremely harmful to health. It is not enough for patients with this disease to receive medication alone, but also for psychotherapy. Cyclical spontaneous refusal and binge drinking - vomiting (rushing in and out) can have serious physiological effects. The symptoms of anorexia are that there is almost no eating and no need to induce vomiting. The characteristic of binge eating disorder is that it will eat a lot of things, and at the same time, it will cause vomiting and diarrhea. It will also be very anxious and easy to have parent-child conflicts.

Cause

Bulimia and anorexia are mainly related to psychological factors, not the eclipse anorexia caused by organic diseases of the digestive system - the impact of violent advancement on the body, cyclical repeated vomiting will be the esophagus of the anorexia nervosa patients (connecting port and The stomach of the tube) causes great damage. Bile and stomach acid can stimulate the esophageal mask, causing esophagitis, and in severe cases, it can cause scars and narrowing of the esophagus. When the esophagus is too narrow, difficulty in swallowing can occur. In addition to hospitalization, psychological treatment, medical treatment, physical support treatment, and individual refractory cases can be treated with insulin.

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Anorexia is thin and extremely thin, and binge eating disorder is thin, fat, and medium, so anorexia can be seen at first glance because their body weight is usually less than 85% of the standard weight, for example : A person with a standard weight of 50 kg is too fat when he is 42.5 kg.

Differential diagnosis

Anorexia nervosa: Anorexia nervosa should be diagnosed if it is clearly diagnosed as anorexia nervosa, or if alternating anorexia and intermittent eclipse symptoms occur.

Physiological anorexia: Physiological anorexia is a condition in which the baby does not eat milk when the baby is 3 to 4 months old. The temporary anorexia of the baby is called the physiological anorexia period.

Summer anorexia: Anorexia in summer means that the child's appetite is weak and his appetite does not open. Even the normal meals that he usually likes don't want to eat, and the child's whole body has no abnormal lesions.

Overeating: Overeating (BED) Overeating may be the most prolonged eating disorder characterized by intermittent inability to control overeating (usually concealed), but overeating appetite, overeating Do not force yourself to vomit or take laxatives. As a result, overeating will inevitably lead to a significant increase in body weight. People with binge eating disorders find it difficult to deal with feelings of sadness, anger, depression or anxiety, so they are distracted by eating. Many people describe this process as a state of ignorance, saying that once they don't waste the food they eat, they are all stuffed into their mouths and swallowed. About half of all obese people with binge eating disorder suffer from depression, while only 5% of those who are obese but not overeating are diagnosed with depression. Overeating patients are often depressed, unconfident, and may have other problems, such as love or work difficulties.

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