This essay is intended to formalise and educate the reader of the mental health disorder bulimia nervosa and the long term effect of this illness on the body and mental state, how to differentiate anorexia and bulimia nervosa, impact on the family, treatment, the role of as nurse, prevention programs and patient centred care planning.
The painful modification and correction of one’s body has been around since the beginning of time from piercings, tattoos, deformation of body parts in certain tribes, breast binding, corsets worn by the Victorians and even binging and purging can be traced back to the times of the romans who indulge in rich food to the point of physical illness and then began to self-induce vomit to be able to consume more (Insel,
The painful modification and correction of one’s body has been around since the beginning of time from piercings, tattoos, deformation of body parts in certain tribes, breast binding, corsets worn by the Victorians and even binging and purging can be traced back to the times of the romans who indulge in rich food to the point of physical illness and then began to self-induce vomit to be able to consume more (Insel,