Rasing Awarness- Eatting disorders!

Anorexia andBulimia. Out of these two conditions I know of both, but how many do you know about? These conditions are serious and I think personally the media has a part to play with young people wanting to be dare I say "Perfect". Only what is perfect? What is normal? Can anybody actualy define these terms? Thought not.
Anorexia is a serious eatting disorder of people who think the need to lose weight and refuse to stay at a healthy body weight. It affects your physical and mental health and you start to think that it is the only thing you can control but no matter how skinny you become its never good enough. This disorder is a serious and sometimes a deadly eatting disorder!
What supprises me is the Anorexia isn't about weight or food. It is more about deeper emotions such as depression, insecurity and pressure to be perfect. Again backs up my thought. Young people want to be perfect with magazines talking about the latest people in the celebrity world who's lost this much weight and that much weight.
Anorexia affects your whole body! It can also cause long-term serious complications aswell such as

osteoporosis (weakening of the bones)

Kidney disease

Heart failure

Very serious and another thing that is heartbreaking is the fact that the person needs to admit to needing help before they can get help.
Bulimia on the other hand is an illness which a person binges on food and uses methods such as vomiting or laxitive abuse to prevent weight gain. What dosen't supprise me is that many people with this illness may have anorexia. Again the same factors apply depression, insecurity, trauma and again the pressure to be perfect. Symptoms include:-

• Compulsive exercising
• Evidence of discarded packaging for laxatives, diet pills, emetics (drugs that induce vomiting), or diuretics (drugs that reduce fluids, also called water pills)
• Regularly going to the bathroom right after meals
• Suddenly eating large amounts of food or buying large quantities of food that disappear right away

People with bulimia rarely need to be hospitalised, however if the person is in the following condtions they will be:

• Binge-purge cycles have led to anorexia
• Drugs are needed for withdrawal from purging
• Major depression is present

If you think you suspect anyone with an eatting disorder its hard but you need to get through to them some how to get them help.