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A linear decrease in pica occurs with increasing age. Pica occasionally extends into adolescence but is rarely observed in adults who are not mentally disabled.
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emedicine.medscape.com/article/914765-overview
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The bizarre phenomenon known as pica has long attracted clinical attention. Despite varied speculations about its etiology, a definitive explanation has never been formulated. ... Pica in the mentally ill was frequently documented in 19th-century mental hospital records,4 which described how "epileptic, paretic,
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Pica in adults. W M Mitchell. Small right arrow pointing to: This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Full text ...
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Pica is an eating disorder typically defined as the persistent eating of nonnutritive substances for a period of at leas ... A linear decrease in pica occurs with increasing age. Pica occasionally extends into adolescence but is rarely observed in adults who are not mentally disabled.
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www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1798.htm
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Pica can occur during pregnancy. In some cases, a lack of certain nutrients, 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 ... Children and adults with pica may eat:
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www.drugs.com/enc/pica.html
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Check out the second to last question in children topic as it deals with pica. You have iron deficiency anemia and need to take iron supplements with vitamin C to remedy the anemia which is causing the pica (eating ice and paper). ... Senior Adults...
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Although pica in adults and children tends to remit with time, physicians should treat the condition when it occurs and causes complications. ... Danford et al[22] 66 (6 with pica) Mentally retarded adults Low iron and zinc levels in patients...
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The panelists thought that soil-pica among adults was probably rare. Given anecdotal accounts of soil-pica adults, the panelists suggested that ATSDR consider the possibility that this behavior occurs, perhaps by conducting surveys or availability sessions with communities.
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www.atsdr.cdc.gov/child/soilpica.html
www.atsdr.cdc.gov/child/soilpica.html
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Increased knowledge of complex behaviors such as pica is needed to improve the support and services in the community for individuals with intellectual...
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