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How do bilimic people make themselves sick and throw up?

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Bulimics: By inducing gag reflex with hand in mouth, by investing substances that irritate the stomach, by overeating until get stomach sick, or by taking meds. That cause vomiting.

Dr Altman and another doctor agreed

Answered 4/26/2016

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How long does it take to become bulimia? If someone tells a 14 year old that she is fat one time, can she turn into a bulimia at that second and go throw up and could the child loose 5 lbs because she thrown up?How long does it take to become bulimia can

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I have GERD due to bulimia, can I continue to throw up (b4 food turns acidic) without causing more damage?

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Can someone have an eating disorder without making themselves throw up? Like bulimia or anorexia

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If a teenager seems to be bilimic but she doesn't have a gag reflex, how could she make herself throw-up?

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What to do if I do not know if it's bulimia or anorexia because i would throw up after my meals and i starve myself a lot. Can I have both maybe?

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