How Long It Takes to Cause Damage from Being Bulimic
April 26th, 2007 by colon.ddetox
My question is about how long it takes to cause damage to your body from being bulimic. They talk about long term problems but what is long term. So is your body fine if you have only been bulimic for a year or how do you tell how much damage has been done.
There is no way to know for sure how any particular individual will respond to the assault bulimia makes on the body. Some people get into medical danger in a matter of days or weeks. Others get by relatively unscathed for years before their actions catch up with them.
Clinical evidence suggests that if you have lost your period for 3 months or longer, your bones are probably already losing minerals and weaker than they used to be. Electrolyte imbalance (leading to cardiac arrest and death) can happen after only a few days (or maybe even hours) of vomiting and/or laxative-induced diarrhea. After a year of regular vomiting, damage to tooth enamel will probably be visible, and teeth may be more sensitive to hot and cold foods than they used to be.
The only way to eliminate the risks of bulimia is to stop it entirely.
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