Is my eating disorder causing my immuse system to fail?

Question

First i had a stomach bug, then a cold, then an eye infection, now a cough and cold.

It's been almost a month and i have been constantly sick!

I have been bulimic for a few years, but lately it has become out of control and is begining to hurt my health.

Can i take/do anything to get better soon?

Answer 1

well, are you getting help with your disorder? if your not you really really need to. you are getting sick because of the disorder, and you could get far worse if you don't get help. go to a docter and ask him if there are any really important supplimemts you can take untill you get better. i can't believe you didn't get sick sooner.

Answer 2

Yes, it is causing it.

All you can do is recover from bullemia. Good luck!

Answer 3

It sounds like you know the answer. Of course an eating disorder will cause all kinds of health issues and is an issue in and of itself. Untreated you can die young or younger than you would have. I suggest you find out what is hurting you and manifesting as an eating disorder. You need therapy it seems. I wish there was a pill or quicker solution but there usually isn't. Life is not a rehearsal. This is the only one on earth we get, that I know of. Even if you believe in reincarnation, who wants to have to do it again. Might as well get it as right as you can this time. You don't have to be perfect, just try to be the best you possible, which already accepts your real limitations and recognizes all your beauty. God bless you.

Answer 4

I too am a recovering anorexic/bulimic. I have been through every program from Rader Institute to Menninger. From the Renfrew center in Philadelphia to a place in Arizona. All I can say is that I hope you can get a handle on it soon because I am 35 years old and there is not a day that goes by that I don't have some kind of side effect from it. I have throat problems from where the acid ate through the lineing. I have horible acid reflux. Most of my teeth are fake because of the acid wearing them down and making them weak. I urge you to please seek help if you haven't already. You are worth much more then this. I worry everyday that my heart may give out on me. It's just not worth it.

Answer 5

The one thing you have to do is STOP being bulimic and let your body take in the necessary nutrition it needs to be healthy. You are robbing your body systems, including the immune system, of the necessary tools it needs to function properly.

Answer 6

I'm quite sad to hear you go through this.

Who could be so disappointed in them selves..

and hate them self so much that they become bulimic

and force themselves into this unhealthy obsession.

No matter who you are

no matter what you've done

No matter how you look

No matter what they say

No matter WHAT YOU SEE

It doesn't matter.. none of it does... as long as you

love yourself. you only have one body. Being "skinny"

is not the hot thing out hunni. I bet you are beautiful, i

bet your a sweet girl, and you have much more to give to

the world than a sick girl cooped up in her house.... or

her toilet for that matter. Love yourself. seriously.

Because if You don't love YOURSELF.. how can someone

else love you. Find out who you are. do what you love.

Your Eating disorder is defiantly the cause of you

constantly getting sick. get some leafy vegetable, nuts,

bananas, chips, cheese (for your teeth, stomach bile eating away)

milk, yogurt :) yummy things that make you feel good.

CREAMED RICE :D YUMMY

Good luck beautiful. The worldd is waiting for you xx