PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Allison Nitsch
AU  - Heather Dlugosz
AU  - Dennis Gibson
AU  - Philip S. Mehler
TI  - Medical complications of bulimia nervosa
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.88a.20168
DP  - 2021 Jun 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 333--343
VI  - 88
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/88/6/333.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/88/6/333.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2021 Jun 01; 88
AB  - Bulimia nervosa, a mental illness 4 times more common than anorexia nervosa, is characterized by binge-eating followed by compensatory purging behaviors, which include self-induced vomiting, diuretic abuse, laxative abuse, and misuse of insulin. Patients with bulimia nervosa are at risk of developing medical complications that affect all body systems, especially the renal and electrolyte systems. Behavior cessation can reverse some, but not all, medical complications.