DR MAX PEMBERTON: I've treated THOUSANDS of patients with bulimia - and like John Prescott, many suffered terrible shame. But there's another kind of bulimia YOU might have - and not even know it...
Daily MailWhen I heard about the death of former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott last week, the news instantly triggered a memory of him. I used to run an eating disorder clinic and oversaw a treatment group for patients with bulimia and have, over the years, seen thousands of patients with this condition. Bulimia carries very serious physical health consequences, such as causing potentially deadly changes to the chemicals in the body including things like low potassium and damage to the digestive tract, throat and teeth. But there's a second type that is more insidious and harder to spot – sufferers often don't believe that it's an eating disorder, at least not to start with. Seeing people who had been tormented by bulimia get better with psychotherapy was one of the reasons I loved working in the eating disorder field.
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