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could throwing up too much give me a heart prob?
Hi I'm gabi, I'm 19 years old and a fairly healthy young adult. the only problem I have is ulcerative colitis.. if you don't know what that is, I basically have to restrict dairy and white flour because those are my "irritants." which basically means if I eat food containing milk or white flour I will poop JUST blood. it makes me VERY faintish so I try to avoid those foods as much as possible.. but I'm kinda scared because sometimes I'll give in and eat something that I know will cause me bleeding (it's sooo hard to resist foods that contain these things because so many yummy things contain them) and instead of dealing with the bloody consequence I've made myself get sick. now I'm not bulimic and I actually think I'm too thin now but like I make myself vomit only lonce a week or once every two weeks and it's been happening since May... depending on when I binge into the foods that contain milk and white flour. it's just that the consequence (bloody stool) is THAT disturbing that id rather make myself vomit than have bright red blood spew out of my sphincter. I'm worried I'm gonna develop a heart problem? is that possible for the amount of times I've made myself sick ? I'm so mad at myself. I don't want to die and I'm scared I won't wake up one morning. idk I think I read too many things on the internet. whenever I google the dangers of vomitting it always says "heart problems." like I don't want that!? I have a history of anxiety and I feel like ever since I read the frightening information on the internet about how vomitting causes heart problems I've been starting to give myself ACTUAL palpitations & symptoms of heart problems which I think are from the anxiety.. the only thing that gets me is that what if I'm thinking it's "just my anxiety" when in fact I actually gave myself heart problems..? btw I got an EKG in March after suffering bad palpitations for this same reason ( I was making myself vomit bc of my milk and white flour contaminated food binges) and everything turned out 100% fine even though I felt like I was dying. the vomitting died down in April and some of May but picked up again towards the end of May til now. I already made a promise with myself that I won't do it again but do you think I could have given myself a heart problem that wasn't there in march? PLEASE help.
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It can cause heart problems, tooth decay, infertility, and many more side affects. Yet finding gluten free, dairy free (vegan) versions of the foods that you like. And don't bit the foods so that you don't have to resist them in your own home
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Throwing up will give you many more problems than heart palpitations. On top of what has been mentioned by adviceman, the stomach acid from throwing will erode your teeth - how do you think that will look? Throwing up could also reduce your fertility and therefore your ability to have children one day, and it can increase your anxiety too! It seems like a lot of negative consequences from bingeing on dairy and white flour, doesn't it?
When you avoid dairy and white flour you are not being deprived - you are in fact making sure that your body is happy and healthy! Would you drink poison? No, of course you wouldn't. But that is effectively what you are doing when you binge on these foods.
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The quick answer to your question is; yes, vomiting can cause heart and other problems.
The problem with purging is vomiting cause an imbalance in the bodies electrolytes. The body is actually an electrical energy system and the electrolytes need to stay in balance in order for the body to operate properly. Out of balance they can cause heart, kidney, liver and other problems.
Another problem with frequent vomiting is the acids in your stomach can erode the lining of your esophagus. If it gets too bad you could end up with a feeding tube.
What I suggest is that many of the food you binge on can be made with other products that won't irate your digestive system. There are cookbooks with recipes on how to make many of these things with ingredients you can tolerate.
I would suggest you start by going to your local library and asking the Librarian for help in finding these books. They are probably shitting on the shelves gathering dust. If the library is no help a good book store may carry the books or search the web for the books and or the recipes.
Binging and purging is not the answer. Finding foods you can tolerate that taste good and satisfy the taste for the foods you binge and purge with is the answer. You may also gain the weight you need to gain as being underweight is as bad as purging.
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