PICA
Pica is an eating disorder in which people eat non-nutritive food items such as chalk, corn starch, paint, clay, laundry e.t.c which may be benign or life threathening.
It is mostly common amidst pregnant women, children and people having low iron level in the body.
EFEECT OF PICA
- It contain lead
- It clogs the intestine thereby causing intestinal problem
- It fills one up making the person unable to eat healthy food.
- It can cause severe infection because of the ingestion of dirt which houses harmful micro organism
SOLUTION
Consumption of sea food and iron rich food is advisable for people suffering from PICA
PREVENTION
Careful attention to eating habits and close supervision of people affected with pica may help catch the disorder before complications can occur.
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