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One Response to “Where can i find support for an eating disorder called picca?”
Do you mean “Pica”?
It is another rare form of an eating disorder called Pica which is a compulsion to consume non-food items, such as clay, paper, paint chips, etc, in order to aviod hunger.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding: Requirements for nutrients increase during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Aberrations of diet, including pica (consumption of nonnutritive substances, such as clay and charcoal), may occur during pregnancy. Anemia due to iron deficiency is common, as is anemia due to folate deficiency, especially among women who have taken oral contraceptives. Vitamin D deficiency is common during late pregnancy, predisposing the child to decreased bone mass.
In addition to the usual manifestations of anemia, some uncommon symptoms occur in severe iron deficiency; a patient may have pica, an abnormal craving to eat substances (eg, ice, dirt, paint). Other symptoms of severe deficiency include glossitis, cheilosis, concave nails (koilonychia), and, rarely, dysphagia caused by a postcricoid esophageal web.
February 22nd, 2009 at 2:57 am
Allen Aitken
Do you mean “Pica”?
It is another rare form of an eating disorder called Pica which is a compulsion to consume non-food items, such as clay, paper, paint chips, etc, in order to aviod hunger.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding: Requirements for nutrients increase during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Aberrations of diet, including pica (consumption of nonnutritive substances, such as clay and charcoal), may occur during pregnancy. Anemia due to iron deficiency is common, as is anemia due to folate deficiency, especially among women who have taken oral contraceptives. Vitamin D deficiency is common during late pregnancy, predisposing the child to decreased bone mass.
In addition to the usual manifestations of anemia, some uncommon symptoms occur in severe iron deficiency; a patient may have pica, an abnormal craving to eat substances (eg, ice, dirt, paint). Other symptoms of severe deficiency include glossitis, cheilosis, concave nails (koilonychia), and, rarely, dysphagia caused by a postcricoid esophageal web.