A person with bulimia nervosa may regularly induce vomiting after eating. Doctors refer to this practice as purging. Purging behavior in bulimia may increase a person’s risk of esophageal cancer.

Purging in bulimia by vomiting can make the face and cheeks appear swollen or puffy due to effects on the salivary glands. The glands typically return to their usual size after habitual vomiting stops ...

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by cycles of binge eating and purging through methods like self-induced vomiting or taking laxatives. In the US, it will affect 1.5% of women and up ...

If you or a loved one has struggled with an eating disorder, know this: You (and they) are not alone. Some 5% of the population has been diagnosed with one before, per the American Psychiatric ...

Purging disorder and bulimia share similar symptoms, and both involve purging food from the body through vomit or using medications. Bulimia and purging disorder are two distinct types of eating ...

Last week’s column spurred some interesting feedback. So what exactly is an eating disorder? An eating disorder is a disturbance in someone’s eating behavior that compromises a person’s physical and ...

Many people resort to extreme measures to lose weight quickly in the quest for the perfect body. Unfortunately, one of these extreme measures includes inducing vomiting. This practice, however, is not ...

Those who suffer from cyclic vomiting syndrome face both agony and skepticism. Nov. 20, 2008— -- For most people, an unsettled stomach is a passing inconvenience; at its worst, a vomiting episode ...

6 subtle signs of an eating disorder that parents might miss - Many signs are not always obvious and often go unnoticed.