ual periods. These effects arenteven the most destructive. The real dangers include things such as: cardiac arrest, kidney failure,irregular heartbeat, internal bleeding, reproductive organ damage, holes in the esophagus, and inextreme cases, death.The most obvious effect of bulimia is the alterations in home life. Aside from emotionalproblems, their home literally goes through a crisis. First of all, the bathrooms and toilets becomestinky and unsanitary. According to Marcia Herrin, the sheets on the bed could get soiled if theyloose control and vomit in them (41).The people around them start to lose sympathy for them because they dont understandwhats happening to that person. They may even become angry, or at times even scared if theperson starts to eat out of control. In time, people might even start trying to avoid the afflicted.As for the bulimic person themselves, they get a temporary washed out look, and theystart to reek of vomit. Blood vessels in the eyes may even pop. The bulimic then experiencespersonality changes, and people start acting strange around them. These signs are from a bulimicwho has suffered from this disorder for a notable amount of time. As most people can see,treatment is greatly needed at this point.Treatment is a very big step for bulimics. In order to receive treatment, it is crucial for thebulimic to accept that they have a problem. This is hard because the bulimic has messed up thechemical imbalances in his/her head which enables them to think clearly.A very important part to getting help is being diagnosed. When they are diagnosed, theymust make sure that this person suffers from bulimia and not another personality disorder. MarciaHerrin defends that its easier to be diagnosed earlier, rather than later. During this process thebulimic and people around them must be honest and share everything (np). Support and selfesteem plays a major role in recovery, and are considered a must.When a patient is admitte...
