Comparisons in Treatments for Bulimia Nervosa

Treating Bulimia Nervosa
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Treating Bulimia Nervosa
By definition, Bulimia nervosa refers to an eating disorder that is usually characterized by bender eating of large amount of food and on the other hand the patient struggles to avoid gaining weight at the same time. This kind of disorder usually affects men and women regardless of their age. For patients who struggle with Bulimia, their aim is either to remain thin, lose weight or struggles with the large amount of food. Research indicates that 80% of women are usually affected with Bulimia and they can also consume up to 5000 calories in an hour. However, many patients with Bulimia tend to do more exercise and even other avoid eating in order to reduce the amount of weight in their body. In other circumstances such patients will resort to purging which may involve taking of laxatives or even through vomiting. Constant vomiting by a patient might lead to tooth decay and thickened skin of the body. In addition, patients with Bulimia tend also to have mental disorders like anxiety, Depression and other problems that are associated with alcohol or drugs. According to research, Bulimia can be spread through relatives in form of genetics. Across the world it was estimated that more than 6 million people were affected by Bulimia in the year 2013. Nevertheless, bulimia has some of the primary treatments to correct the situation. However, Bulimia is not very common in the developing countries. This paper is grounded of the Bulimia disorder in terms of the treatment measures to correct the situation and also the advantages that are associated with the same treatments.
Comparisons in Treatments for Bulimia Nervosa
One of the best treatment or management that is offered to a patient with the disorder is interdisciplinary approach. This approach can be used with the care provider, the psychiatrist, nutritionist or even the psychotherapist. The above professionals are mainly to advice the client or patient on the best nutrition that they should observe and moreover on what to avoid eating in order to avoid development of the same disorder. In addition, the specialists are also capable of looking at the dental problems of the patient that might have been caused by frequent vomiting. However, there are a number of objectives that are associated with the above treatment. This includes the reduction and elimination of the heavy eating and purging as well. In addition the practitioner can correct also the physical complications that are associated with the body with the aim of bringing back the healthy body of the patient. In some cases, the specialist involves the patients in motivations and counseling in order for them to be part of the treatment. Like any other disease the patient must cooperate well with the patient in order to speed up the treatment process (Swain, 2006). Furthermore, other patients that ail from chronic diseases also receive the same kind of treatment whereby they are advised o the best nutrition that they should observe. Also, the treatment is to prevent relapse whereby the doctors are responsible for dealing with mental and psychological difficulties that the patient may be going through and as a result no impulse regulation in the body. In this particular case, patients tend to feel demined due to the low self-esteem that they may develop.
Cognitive behavioral therapy is also another way that is used in the treatment of Bulimia and it involves educating the affected person on how deal with thoughts of the mind and on how to instill practical experiments on food. This might involve records that the patient is required to note as he takes different kinds and amounts of food. The patients will also be required to record the instances when he may vomit so as to take note and identify when emotions are low and as a result lead to Bulimia. According to research, it is evident that more than 50% of people who use the cognitive behavioral therapy are able to heal in a very short period. It is also important to note that the above treatment requires that the patient should coordinate well with the parties involved. Therapies are usually used to treat other diseases like cancer and diabetes and therefore in this case, the health practitioner will take the patient through a number of therapy classes that well help in the treatment of the disorder (Swain, 2006). Patients who are likely to show up early changes in terms of behavior are the ones that are likely to get the best treatment outcomes in comparison to those that do not exhibit any of the changes in the long run. The affectivity of this kind of treatment has proved to be efficient on adults than in other age groups that are being affected by the same. Those below the adult age who may be at their teen can also be well treated and attended to by a family based treatment since their minds are still young and are still growing therefore they cannot be subjected to any kind of therapies at this particular age.
Medication is also one of the most rampant ways of treatment that is used across the world in treatment of different types of disorders or illnesses. Medications are usually prescribed by the doctor depending on the symptoms that have been exhibited by the patient. Topiramate is one of the medications that have been used in treatment of Bulimia especially for those patients that tend to show greater side effects. Medication can also be combined with other types of treatment like counseling will tend to provide a superb treatment to the patient. However, at times medications can also come with other instructions that may restrict the patient from consuming other kinds of food (Swain, 2006). This can be similar also to any other types of treatment that a patient may undergo whereby the doctor may be keen to advice the patient not to consume particular products due to the effects that may be associated by the same product to the human body. Medication has also been regarded as the best way to help in relieving immediate pain to a patient. This is because other methods like therapies and counseling can only work after a certain period of time. Therefore, it is important for patients who may be ailing from Bulimia to first be recommended to use some kind of medication before there are taken for therapy classes and other kinds of treatment that are in line with the disorder. In addition, medication that is offered to patients is also different due to the age differences in the patients and more so the level of the disorder in the patient.
Differences in Treatments for Bulimia Nervosa
There are also a number of differences that are in the treatment of Bulimia. To begin with, the kinds of therapies that are administered to the patients are at times different from those given to other patients who suffer from other chronic illnesses. Cancer, for instance, involves different kinds of therapies that are administered to a patient at different levels. This is because some of the chronic diseases are treated differently depending on the stages that they are detected. Therefore, it would be easier to treat a patient who is at the first stage of the disease than that who lives with the illness without discovering for a long period of time. Patients with Bulimia on the other hand who suffers from Bulimia on the other hand is not very serious because it is just an eating disorder where the patients main treatment is based on the advice that the doctor gives to him or her depending on the stage of the disease (Stanley, 2000). For example a patient with Bulimia will be subjected more on exercises and diet which is aimed to reduce the weight of the patient which might be regarded to be over the required one due to the binge eating by the patient. On the other hand, in consideration to other chronic illnesses therapies are usually conducted in order to kill some of the cells that may have grown in the body as the diseases develop. In this context, Bulimia stands out different in therapy treatments when comparing it with other kinds of treatments involved in other diseases.
In consideration the medication type of treatment, there are also some of the differences that are associated with it when compare to other treatments. In this regard, medication has always been used in treatment of many diseases. Medications stand out to be different especially when treating Bulimia because of a number of reasons. One of the reasons is that Bulimia has different stages and the health practitioner can determine on whether or not to give some medication to the patient and this depends on the level and stage of the disorder in an individual. Age is also a factor to put into consideration when giving medication to different patients that they may encounter in their line of work. In this regard, children could be given certain medication that could not affect them as still they are still growing gradually. In addition, children are usually subjected to medication and physical exercises since they cannot be taken through therapies due to their young age (Stanley, 2000). In addition, therapies usually involve the engagement of the mind by the doctor to the patient in order to reduce the amount of stress that may have been developed by the patient due to his or her condition. Medication can also be given in different quantities that are meant to be used by the patient within a certain period of time. However, at times some of the patient may be allergic to some of the medications that they may be given by the health practitioners. In this case, allergic patients will be recommended to other types of treatments that will suit the reactions from their body towards any kind of medication (Stanley, 2000).
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