What's the difference between anorexia & bulimia?

Question

On Wikipedia, they both have the same description, but I know they're different, but how?

Answer 1

With anorexia you don't eat basically. However, new criteria suggests that you may engage in over exercise. It stems from a poor body image. You feel that you look fat even if you are bone thin.

With bulimia, you may eat normal or "binge" (eating way too much in a 2 hour period, more than what a typical person would) and then you throw it up. Bulimia is also when someone uses something like laxatives to rid their system of what they've eaten. This is also due to a poor body image.

Anorexia usually comes with problems like malnutrition. However, bulimia (b/c of the vomiting or laxative use) may cause other severe conditions like hypokalemia (deficit in potassium) which can cause one to have a heart attack and rotting teeth (because of stomach acid coming up).

Answer 2

ZIMMIESgirl got it.

anoerxics dont eat, or, atleast, they might only eat someting that's 100calories! and some over exersize.

bulemics eat WAYY more than normal people do in a sitting, the find a way to purge it like throwing up or using laxitives(note, the laxitivs dont work like that as hte food has gon throught yout digestive system!)

both are routed from poor self immage and control issues. These girls(and sometims boys) dont feel like they're good enough and that htey have no control, so, this is their escape

Answer 3

Anorexia is where a person just doesn't eat....they starve themselves......and bulimia is where the person will eat and eat, and then go throw it up later. binging and purging. bulimia is a much easier eating disorder to hide, because the person actually eats, and eats well but when no one is around, or everyone is asleep they go and "purge" or throw up. hope this has helpped you :)

Answer 4

Anerexicia is when you dont eat at all. Bulimia is when you throw up after you eat and sometime go one benges like eating alot and then not eating. I am very shocked they didnt teach you this in school. We had to learn about it in health.

Answer 5

Get the detail information here :-

http://www.mamashealth.com/anorexia.asp

http://www.mamashealth.com/eat/bulimia.asp

Take Care

Answer 6

bulimia is u eat a bunch and puke it up. anorexia is you don't eat at all.

Answer 7

anorexics don't eat at all and bulimics binge(eat large amts of food) but throw it all up