Bulimia is an eating disorder that most commonly occurs in women who suffer from type 1 diabetes.
Whereas women who suffer from type-2 diabetes, an eating disorder that often occurs is binge eating (binge eating).
Since both types of diabetes and eating disorders involve attention to body condition, weight management, and control of food, then some people use to justify or camouflage diabetes eating disorder they experience.
Complications caused by diabetes and eating disorders can be serious and even fatal, therefore responsibility and healthy lifestyle is very important to prevent it.
An eating disorder is an illness that is based on biological conditions and are also influenced by emotional and cultural factors.
Stigma in the community about eating disorders make individuals who experienced suffering alone for a long time, inhibit funding for important research, and create barriers to treatment.
A result of inadequate information, the public and professionals fail to recognize the dangerous consequences of eating disorders.
Here are 4 types of eating disorders that often occur in people with diabetes:
1. Anorexia (Anorexia Nervosa)
Anorexia is an eating disorder which is caused by the obsessive fear of weight gain. Anorexics will usually allow themselves to starve and decrease excessive weight.
Although anorexia is a psychological disorder, serious physical consequences can occur even sometimes can be life threatening.
2. bulimia
Bulimia is characterized by binge eating (eating large amounts of food quickly) are repeated.
Food expenditure occurs by stimulating vomiting, use of laxatives or laxatives, diuretics, waiver or reduction of insulin intake, fasting, or excessive exercise.
3. Binge Eating Disorder (Compulsive Overeating)
Binge eating disorder or eating large amounts of food in excessive eating is characterized by periods of uncontrolled, impulsive, or continuous eating without feeling full.
Although not remove food, but people who suffer from binge eating disorder is sometimes sporadic fasting, dieting repeatedly, and often feel embarrassed or self-loathing after eating much (binge eating).
4. Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS)
Eating disorder not otherwise specified is a series of other eating disorders that do not fit a certain type.
These conditions also include a serious problem and require intervention and attention to handle it.
Some of which include EDNOS or another type of eating disorder is:
a. Problems with eating or eating disorders only have some type of eating disorder characteristics are known.
For example, someone who restrict food intake, but do not meet full criteria for anorexia nervosa.
b. Chewing food and spitting it back (do not swallow).
c. Eat a lot of food or vomit again but not regularly, for example at the time of increased stress conditions.
