Bulimia is a serious eating disorder that commonly occurs or starts during the teen years. Teen girls who have bulimia frequently binge, eating a lot of food out of control even if they are not hungry. Teen with bulimia feel that they have no control over eating. Soon, teens feel guilty and anxious and then they want to get rid of food by vomiting or by exercising.

There are three Types of Bulimia

1. Simple Bulimia Nervosa occurs around the age of 18 in girls. It usually caused by a break in relationship with a boyfriend. The girls that undergo from these tend to have been mildly under sure and unassertive.

2. Anorexic Bulimia Nervosa is a variant of Anorexia Nervosa.

3. Multi-impulsive Bulimia Nervosa begins in a comparable way to Simple Bulimia and in same age group of girls. This group suffers with irregular behaviors all of which specify troubles of emotional and impulse control.

The cause of bulimia is unknown. Researches show that the development of bulimia includes cultural ideas and social attitudes toward body appearance. Self-valuation based on body weight and figure can be reason of bulimia.

The patient of bulimia binges on enormous quantities of high-caloric food and purges their body of dread calories by self-induced vomiting. The teenagers try to conceal the signs of throwing up by running water while spending long periods in the bathroom.

Symptoms of bulimia include:

•eating large amounts of food, nonstop, in short periods of time.
•using laxatives or vomiting,
•a lot exercise after eating
•to feel weak, depressed, or guilty after binge eating
•damaged teeth from stomach acid contained in vomit
•having swollen cheeks from repeated vomiting
•having scratches on the back side of hands from self-induced vomiting
•constantly thinking about being thin and feeling that weight is tied to self-esteem
•dieting or fasting

Bulimia, in teenagers and youths, is generally treated with a combination of individual therapy, behavior alteration, family therapy, and nutritional rehabilitation.

Among teens, adolescent and young patient, cognitive behavioral therapy and antidepressant medications have both been shown to be effective.