Pica (Eating Non-Nutrient Foods)
Pica (/ˈpaɪkə/ PIE-kuh) is a psychological disorder characterized by an appetite for substances that are largely non-nutritive. The substance may be biological such as hair (trichophagia) or feces (coprophagia), natural such as ice (pagophagia) or dirt (geophagia), and otherwise chemical or manmade (as listed below).
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Wiki Number: PW169
Diagnosis: Pica (Eating Non-Nutrient Foods)
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Age Onset: pregnant women, small children, people with developmental disabilities
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Symptoms: Eating non-nutritives such as heair, feces, ice, dirt, lead paint, starch or man-made items.
Progression: autistics or children with lower intelligence, dietary mineral deficiencies may be involved
Causes: fewer red cells or zinc than normal in the blood;obsessive-compulsive disorder or schizophrenia have also been proposed
Medications: if needed, treat for iron or other dietary deficiencies;
Therapies: Training and reinforcement on what are appropriate foods if user has normal intelligence.
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Support Group: neda.org; 800-9311-2237
(National Eating Disorders Associations)
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- Boosting Effect of Sterically Protected Glucosyl Substituents in Formic Acid Dehydrogenation by Iridium(III) 2-Pyridineamidate Catalystsby Caterina Trotta on May 15, 2024
[Cp*Ir(R-pica)Cl] (Cp* = pentamethylcyclopentadienyl anion, pica = 2-picolineamide) complexes bearing carbohydrate substituents on the amide nitrogen atom (R = methyl-β-D-gluco-pyranosid-2-yl, 1; methyl-3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranosid-2-yl, 2) were tested as catalysts for formic acid dehydrogenation in water. TOFMAX values over 12000 h-1 and 50000 h-1 were achieved at 333 K for 1 and 2, respectively, with TON values over 35000 for both catalysts. Comparison with the simpler...
- Vertebral Artery Dissection in a Young Adult: A Case Reportby Ava Toluie on May 13, 2024
Vertebral artery dissections (VAD) pose a significant risk for strokes, particularly in young adults. This case report details the presentation and management of a 48-year-old patient who was diagnosed with an extracranial VAD following cervical spine manipulation (CSM). The patient's symptoms included acute right-sided ataxia, giddiness, vertigo, nausea, vomiting, and persistent pain behind the right ear, prompting immediate evaluation. After ruling out acute intracerebral hemorrhages, a...
- Is Common Trunk Anomaly Frequent in Hemifacial Spasm? Comparison with Normal Subjects using MRIby Masaki Ujihara on May 11, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: There was no apparent association between common trunk anomaly and HFS. It is suspected that some vascular anomalies other than a common trunk are involved in HFS.
- Do birds select the plastics debris used for nest construction? A case study in a Mediterranean agricultural landscapeby María José Espinoza on May 10, 2024
Plastic pollution is becoming a global problem due to its ubiquitous occurrence and the impacts detected for many species. However, the research about plastics in nests of terrestrial bird species has remained relatively overlooked in comparison to those devoted to marine ecosystems. Here we study the occurrence and patterns of use of anthropogenic material in nests of two passerine birds, the Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) and the European serin (Serinus serinus), breeding in an orange tree...