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my friend told me she has bullemia
what do i tell my friend. to make her stop. im worried about her. becuase her boyfriend jsut broke up with her . her dad hasnt talked to her in a month . and im really worried. i dont no what to tell her! please help!
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When you throw up, it contains acids so if she keeps throwing up frequently (in other words if she's been doing this for long time now), the acids will create holes on the tube that the puke will come out of which is also where your food goes down when you eat. So if there's holes all over it, imagaine it like a water hose with holes: you could never get your food inside cuz than it would go every where in your body because the whole tube will soon be destroyed and gone. Pretty soon, you'll need to go to the hospital for eating disorder and the only way you'll get your nutrition is that the nurses will cuz a hole on your lower side (near the hip), stick a tube in it, and stick food in it so that it goes directly to the digesting system.
So tell your friend good luck! though reply if this actually stopped her =)
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Well. If she has bullemia there is really nothing that you can do considering its a disease/disorder. When people are bullemic, as I'm sure you already know, they throw up their food after eating. They go on binge eating spree's, and then throw up afterwords so they dont "eat the calories". After a while of doing it, it becomes voluntary. Meaning, they dont do it intentionally. Their body will be so used to throwing up food that everytime they put something in their mouth and swallow, it will trigger something inside them to throw it back up again. If she just recently started doing this, caution her that it can ruin her digestive system, and her throat. It can deteriorate her throat as if she has cancer, and will make her teeth stained yellow and possibly fall out. The bile and stomach acids in our stomach are in fact ACIDS. They will eat away at things if theyre in contact with them frequently, which is why they need to stay inside our stomach, since the lining protects them from getting out. Just warn her of what can happen and encourage her to talk to someone, or anyone that she can trust with that type of information. If shes in the early stages, she can get better, but if its worse than your mentioning up there, and she throws up automatically without trying then you need to tell a parent or counselor and get her into a hospital for medical treatment because it can get even more serious.
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She can kill herslef. Tell her that she needs to stop this dangerous behavior before both of you guys get hurt. Yes both. She will hurt herself--even to death. And she will emotionally and mentally scar you for life having you know that fact that you didn't stop her when you had the chance.
Warn her that she needs to eat regulary and exercise regulary without vomiting. And tell her that you'll give her a month to stop (you can't make her quit in a day. It's impossible. I know) and if she doesn't, you're going to have to tell someone. Talk to a counslor. Not the parents first though. Or actually. No counslors...or that cheesy line "An adult you trust"
It's better to lose a friendshipo then the friend herself.
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tell her that you care about her and that you don't want to see her basically killing herself.
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