Bulimia Nervosa

Bulimia nervosa
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Bulimia Nervosa
Bulimia nervosa is a disorder whose victims exercise life-threatening eating patterns. Victims are characterized by binging and purging of eaten food. The disorder is classified into two, purging bulimia where after taking a lot of food, the victims indulge in vomiting and the use of diuretics to get rid of all the taken food (Burby, 1998). The second classification is non-purging bulimia, methods like excessive exercising, dieting and fasting are used to prevent weight gain. The following is a case study for Bulimia nervosa victim, to enhance a dip understanding of the disorder.
Identifying Information
The patient is a white college female student age 25 years. She is not married and has no children. She is in the final year of her college education and stays with her mother. She previously used to stay with her roommate at an off-campus apartment. She works as a part-time daycare aid (“Mando NYC …..”,n.d.).
Presentation Problem
She was 15 years when the urge for eating a lot started she would spend up to $200 per day on food. She would steal her mother’s credit card to order food, she ate in the parking lot and carried the rest. The excessive eating resulted to weight gain, and she had to cut down by eating and inducing vomiting almost instantly (“Mando NYC …..”,n.d.). The problem persisted for ten years, alongside other eating disorders like anorexia nervosa. She was uncomfortable with her…