Bulimia nervosa (1. LF UK, NT)

According to ICD-10, we characterize bulimia nervosa (ICD-10: F50.2):


 * 1) Constant preoccupation with food, irresistible desire for food with bouts of overeating.
 * 2) By trying to get rid of calories from the food consumed in one (or more) ways: induced vomiting, abuse of laxatives, fasting, anorexics, diuretics, thyroid preparations, in diabetic patients, manipulation of insulin treatment. Restrictive and bulimic subtypes can alternate.
 * 3) Specific psychopathology is based primarily on morbid fears about fatness. The patient considers her target weight to be a weight lower than her optimal or healthy premorbid weight. "Binge eating" attacks correspond to the consumption of an excessive amount of food (mostly food that is normally avoided for dietary reasons - e.g. sweets) in a short period of time.

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