Pica: A craving for something not normally regarded as nutritive. For example, dirt.
Pica is a classic clue to
iron deficiency in children. It also occurs in
zinc deficiency.
Full article >>>Pica in humans has many different subgroups, defined by the substance that is ingested. Some of the most commonly described types of
pica are eating earth, soil or clay (geophagia), ice (pagophagia) and starch (amylophagia).
Full article >>>Pica can occur during
pregnancy. In some cases, specific
nutritional deficiencies, such as
iron deficiency anemia and
zinc deficiency, may trigger the unusual cravings.
Pica may also occur in adults who crave a certain texture in their mouth.
Full article >>>Pica. One odd symptom, and in some cases a cause of
iron deficiency, is
pica. This is the habit of eating unusual substances, such as ice (called pagophagia), clay, cardboard,
foods that crunch, or raw starch.
Full article >>>PICA (craves dirt)
SYMPTOMS"The child keeps eating dirt.
CAUSES"Children eat dirt because they crave
minerals which they are not obtaining enough of in the
foods served them. Sometimes they eat paint chips from the walls.
Full article >>>Pica - the inappropriate eating of non-
food material such as soil or
chalk - is a sign of
iron deficiency in children.
Full article >>>in
psychology, disorders in eating patterns that comprise four categories:
anorexia nervosa,
bulimia, rumination disorder, and
pica.
Anorexia nervosa is characterized by self-
starvation to avoid
obesity.
Full article >>>Doctors use the term "
pica" to describe craving and chewing substances that have no
nutritional value - such as ice, clay,
cornstarch and paper.
Full article >>>the Law of Potentization, homoeopathic medicines were specifically recommended for the
treatment of
leg cramps and other
pregnancy-induced discomforts, such as anaemia,
herpes,
nausea and hyper
emesis, (
vomiting) ptyalism (excessive
saliva), and
pica ...
Full article >>>[5] Complications of
phlebotomy include progressive and sometimes extreme thrombocytosis and symptomatology related to
chronic iron deficiency, including
pica, angular
stomatitis and
glossitis,
dysphagia that is due to esophageal webs (very rare), ...
Full article >>>irritability lack of energy or tiring easily (
fatigue)
increased
heart rate (
tachycardia)
sore or swollen
tongue enlarged
spleen a desire to eat peculiar substances such as dirt or ice (also called
pica) ...
Full article >>>Technique: Shredded Teflon felt is placed to separate and reduce pressure on the
medulla oblongata from the
artery (most often the
posterior inferior cerebral
artery [
PICA]). Source: The Lancet - 8/1998; 352:446-449.
Full article >>>Sleeping habits, such as the daily average amount of sleep, and at what age naps were no longer needed
Whether the child is
right- or
left-handed
Food preferences, including any unusual cravings for substances that are not
food (
pica) ...
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