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Jenny(: asked in HealthOther - Health · 1 decade ago

whats the diffrence between?

whats the diffrence between balimic and anerexic

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  • 1 decade ago
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    easy answer... Bulimic is when you eat but you then throw everything you at back up. Anorexic you just don't eat

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    5 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    bulimia and anorexia is both an eating disorder. bulimia is characterized by binge eating, they have a normal weight, they experience irregular patterns of menstrual cycle, if they eat a large meal for dinner then they'll be eating little or maybe nothing for tomorrows lunch or maybe they wont eat at all. they also induce themselves in vomiting after eating, they also use large amounts of laxatives, they feel guilty after eating. because of vomiting one of the side effect is having esophageal cancer, because the gastric acid which is supposed to be just stays in the stomach goes up to the esophagus, gastric acid are acids that irritates the esophageal lining that causes burns then eventually cancer.

    while anorexics are those thin models, mostly, anorexics can be seen in western part of the world. and those countries that has influence from western culture. they're not just models but most particularly in the showbiz sector. those anorexics are so thin but they think that they're obese. they experiences amenorrhea or absence of menstruation, and they don't eat at all. its main adverse effect to the body is arrhythmia or irregular heart beat then death, anorexia nervosa is more fatal than bulimia.

    persons with those kinds of disorders have low self esteem. both of them should be watched when eating. and because of them having low self esteem they are prone in suicide.

  • j c
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Bulimia is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent binge eating, followed by compensatory behaviors, referred to as "purging". The most common form is self-induced vomiting; fasting, the use of laxatives, enemas, diuretics, and over exercising.

    Anorexia is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes an eating disorder, characterized by low body weight and body image distortion, with an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Individuals with anorexia are known to control body weight commonly through the means of voluntary starvation, purging, excessive exercise or other weight control measures, such as diet pills or diuretic drugs.

    Anorexics have been seen to falsely add weight with lead or sand to mask their weight loss and fake weight gain.

    Anorexia involving neurobiological, psychological, and sociological components, is a complex condition that can lead to death.

  • 1 decade ago

    With Bulimia and Anorexia the people both throw-up, use laxatives, and overeat. The main difference between them is people with bulimia overeat than force themselves to throw up where as people with anorexia eat very little than force themselves to throw up.

  • 1 decade ago

    Bulimia is a disease also named binge-purge syndrome, when a person eats an excessive amount of food, followed by self-induced vomiting to avert weight gain. While anorexia is when you have a loss of appetite and lose your inability to eat. Basically, bulimia is you eat a lot and throw up compared to anorexia is when you do not eat at all.

  • 1 decade ago

    The difference is that people with Bulimia tend to make themselves vomit up everything they eat, or they use excessive amounts of laxatives to get rid of the food. People with Anorexia just don't eat at all, or eat VERY little. In both cases there's a tendency to be obsessed with food and exercise. Both disorders are generally symptoms of a more underlying psychological issue and require some type of intense therapy.

  • 1 decade ago

    Bulimic (correct spelling) is a person who causes themself to vomit in an effort to lose weight or prevent weight gain because they eat more than usual but can not stop. Anorexics starve themselves to lose weight and look skinny, they usually look more skinnier than normal person and can't tell.

  • 1 decade ago

    They are both an eating disorder, however; bulimia is where the person over eats and throws it all up, anorexia is where the person doesn't eat at all. They stay hydrated with water and maybe crackers here and there, but usually water and that is it. Hope that helps.

    ~Jessica

  • 1 decade ago

    I think bulimics throw up their food (binge and purge) and anorexics starve themselves

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    When a person is anorexic, they starve themselves to be thin. They eat very little or not at all. When a person is bulimic, they consume huge quantities of food, then they force themselves to throw up.

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