bulimia nervosa
eating disorder that is characterized by a cycle of bulimia (binge eating) followed by inappropriate acts such as purging to avert weight gain
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Summary
bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder[1]. It draws 7,736 Wikipedia views per month (eating disorder category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3], symptom[4], symptom or sign[5]
- Subclass of: eating disorder[6], polyphagia[7]
- Commons category: Bulimia nervosa[8]
- Said to be the same as: polyphagia[9]
- ICPC 2 ID: P86[10]
- Symptoms and signs: vomiting[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bulimia nervosa[12]
- Possible treatment: cognitive behavioral therapy[13], psychomotor education[14]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Otto's encyclopedia[16]
- Has characteristic: social stigma of obesity[17], overeating[18]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C34440[19], C97162[20]
- Health specialty: psychiatry[21]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: fluoxetine[22], (RS)-fenfluramine[23], maprotiline[24]
- Genetic association: NKAIN3[25], DAB1[26], COL23A1[27], MSRA[28]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_12129[29], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:12129[30], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0100739[31]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[32]
Why It Matters
bulimia nervosa has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 95 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]