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Hello,
1.It is called as pica that is craving for unusual things like chalk, mud,raw food etc which is presumed to occur due to deficiency of nutrition, especially calcium.
2. Delayed menses could be due to various reason like pregnancy, hormonal dysfunction, stress etc.
It is important to discuss other questions related to your health to come to final diagnosis behind delayed menses and the craving.
You can discuss in detail with me, by having a online consult fix.
1.It is called as pica that is craving for unusual things like chalk, mud,raw food etc which is presumed to occur due to deficiency of nutrition, especially calcium.
2. Delayed menses could be due to various reason like pregnancy, hormonal dysfunction, stress etc.
It is important to discuss other questions related to your health to come to final diagnosis behind delayed menses and the craving.
You can discuss in detail with me, by having a online consult fix.
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Pica is a psychological disorder characterized by an appetite for substances that are largely non-nutritive, such as ice (pagophagia); hair (trichophagia); paper (xylophagia); drywall or paint; metal (metallophagia); stones (lithophagia) or soil (geophagia); glass (hyalophagia); or feces (coprophagia); and chalk.
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Pica is a psychological disorder characterized by an appetite for substances that are largely non-nutritive, such as ice (pagophagia); hair (trichophagia); paper (xylophagia); drywall or paint; metal (metallophagia); stones (lithophagia) or soil (geophagia); glass (hyalophagia); or feces (coprophagia); and chalk. Treatment is psychotherapy.
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Hello. There are around 5-6 criterias which we consider when we talk about a pre existing mole or birthmark becoming cancerous or something to be worried about. If you are saying its persistent since last few years, then there is less to worry. But keep observing it for change in colour, margins, discharges or any peculiar sensations. If you are finding it doubtful then do send me a picture by text for further clarification. Thank u.
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Dear lybrate user, Thanks for the question. Pica is an eating disorder that involves eating items that are not typically thought of as food and that do not contain significant nutritional value, such as hair, dirt, and paint chips. The scant research that has been done on the root causes of pica suggests that the majority of those afflicted tend to suffer some biochemical deficiency and more often iron deficiency. The association between pica and iron deficiency anemia is so strong that most pat...more
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