How does vomiting affect your health?

Question

when i feel upset i vomit toupset my mum but now it comes naturally. o yh and i also cut myself but will i really hurt me?

Answer 1

Vomiting and cuttting yourself to attract attention are poor coping mechanisms. Aside from showing signs of emotional immaturity;and can become habitual ;they are also dangerous to your health. Vomiting can lead to dehydration thru he loss of vital electrolytes. Another consequence would be metabolic alkalosis. Excessive vomiting would cause metabolic acidosis.

Cuttting yourself might lead to internal bleeding and non-stop hemorrhage and infection including tetanus. Cutting yourself reflects poor self -esteem. Because, you asked it it will hurt; I'm sure you haven't done the latter. So pls don't act on your contemplation!


Why don't you seek the school sounsellor or the school nurse? Don't you have a favorite teacher? When i used to go to school; i had a favorite teacher that I was able to confide my family problems to.


The real victim in these two unhealthy habits of yours is nobody but yourself.


Why don't you confront your mom and have a heart to heart talk with her?. I'm sure she's just as concerned as you are at these emotional and health problems of yours. I know you are reaching out for some help. Otherwise, you won't bother to pose your question here. Maybe, she wants the two of you to work together in solving a volatile issue. The adolescent stage can become quite a traumatic experience.

Answer 2

vomiting, ejection of food and other matter from the stomach through the mouth, often preceded by nausea. The process is initiated by stimulation of the vomiting center of the brain by nerve impulses from the gastrointestinal tract or other part of the body. The vomiting center then sends out nerve impulses that precipitate spasmodic muscular contractions of the stomach wall and downward spasms of the diaphragm. The pressure generated then forces up the contents of the stomach. The vomiting mechanism may be in response to local irritation (diseases or disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, overburdening of the capacity and digestive capabilities of the stomach, ingestion of harmful foods or substances) or result from a metabolic disturbance (as in pregnancy) or from disorders or stimulation of the nervous system (e.g., migraine, motion sickness, infectious disease, brain tumor or injury, disagreeable odors). Vomiting may also be a reflex action to other spasmodic conditions (whooping cough, gagging

Answer 3

The acids from your stomach can do irrepairable damge to the enamel of your teeth.

This means that the hard white coating on the outside of your teeth is slowly dissolved and your teeth rot away.