It can be accurately diagnosed and treated. If untreated the bulemic person will feel an increasingly intense compulsion to binge and then purge. Bulemic people often experience dramatic swelling of the salivary glands which leads to enlarged cheeks. Abuse of laxitives and duiretics is commoin in bulemics. Teeth darked,the esophogus can become irritated and in fact burst.
Ulcers are common.
There may be rupture of the large or small intestine. Each of these effects can kill you. Binge Eating Disorders or Compulsive Overeating Overeating is an illness separate from anorexia and bulemia. It is characterized by recurrant episodes of eating large quantities to the point of being ill. They frequently eat alone and often feel disgust and guilt over binging.