Bulimia nervosa

Eating Disorders in Sports Eating disorders are significant problem in sports. Females are affected the most by eating disorders because of the appearance they hold while playing the sport. The sports that have the most athletes with eating disorders consist of figure skating, dance, swimming, diving, ballet, running, and bodybuilding. These sports are also referred to as “lean sports” where a certain appearance or weight class is needed to participate in. Eating disorders also tend to be…

Frequent ocular migraine is a type of migraine that is centering around the eye, followed by aura or blind spot in the development stage, along with the fuzzy vision. Many people experience nausea and pain around their eye when suffering from ocular migraine. There are numerous aspects that are contributing to the ocular headaches such as high blood pressure, tumors, sinus conditions, stress and hormonal changes. These headaches are generally not associated with problems related to eyes.…

“Each and every day is a given choice. To start over, move forward, or change directions. All you have to do is decide” Tere Arigo. At the risk of sound petulant, I am going to openly discuss my life changing experience, being that I have become a new person. I was diagnosed with clinical depression at age fourteen, which was quite frightening for me to acknowledge at such a young age. Despite my situation, I was able to voluntarily receive the necessary medical attention to start my recovery…

One thing many people don’t often talk about is how mental illness can affect how you see yourself. One of the more serious illness is anorexia. Anorexia is a mental illness that causes you to be obsessed with how much you weigh and what you are eating. And trust me it's terrifying when you feel like you have it. I, at one point, thought that I was anorexic based on what people said and how they looked at me. I felt like everyone around me was looking at me with judgment and thinking “she…

11.) Malabsorption syndrome includes a variety of disorders in which the intestine is unable to properly absorb specific nutrients into the bloodstream (Cafasso & Kerr, 2015). This can hinder the absorption of various macronutrients such as proteins, carbohydrates, and fats, macronutrients (vitamins and minerals), or even both (Cafasso & Kerr, 2015). Moreover, malabsorption syndrome happens when there is something preventing the bowel from taking in important fluids and nutrients. It can be…

The obsession teenage girls have regarding their bodies makes them obsessed with dieting and their weight. From middle school through high school, girls are concerned about the way they look, what they eat, as well as how others perceive their self-confidence. In Fat Talk: What Girls and Their Parents Say about Dieting, Mimi Nichter examines how friends, family, mass communication and media, as well as society play a vital part in the way teenage girls view themselves. Appearances play an…

Osteoporosis in Ballerinas No one can deny the fact that ballerinas put an extraordinary amount of stress on their bodies. Saddly, also no one can deny the persistent presence of eating disorders amongst ballerinas. However, because ballerinas train from such a young age these stressors have been in their lives for such a long time. Yet what bothers me is that the news rarely addresses the impact these long term stressors have on their minds and bodies. I am appalled that dancers are not…

choose not to undergo intensive surgery instead they choose dieting and exercise, although it is a healthy and safer choice, it can be dangerous as well. Some women can become addicted to dieting which turns into eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and binge eating, which can cause serious health risks such as fatigue, dizziness or fainting, brittle nails, hair that is thinning or loss of hair, sores in the throat or mouth, teeth and gums that are…

In this article "Eating disorders are different in boys and girls", there is a break down on how the gender of a child can make a difference on how eating disorders affect them. Girls are described to link their eating disorder with mood disorder, but it is not the same for boys. While the scholarly article “Disordered Eating Precursors in Pre- and Early Adolescent Girls and Boys”, shows that the initial signs of eating disturbances and how they affect different genders. There are similarities…

I read the memoir, A Man Who Couldn't Stop by David Adam. This novel told the stories of how Adam and many other people live with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Adam clarifies what a mental illness is, especially OCD, through his use of examples about various people. The memoir uses many anecdotes demonstrating the specific aspects of different mental illnesses. I believe the beginning of the memoir was very interesting because the author reveals a very compelling situation of a girl eating a…