pica and Nutrition-Disorders

Topics: Anemia, Hypochromic; Bezoars; Child, Preschool; Humans; Male; Nutrition Disorders; Pica; Stomach

Topics: Aggression; Behavior Therapy; Black or African American; Child; Culture; Female; Humans; Intestinal Diseases; Lead Poisoning; Nutrition Disorders; Parent-Child Relations; Parents; Pica; Pregnancy; United States

Bulimarexia, an eating disorder that is characterized by binge eating followed by self-induced vomiting or abuse of cathartic or diuretic drugs, has been defined as both a sequela of anorexia nervosa and a distinct eating disorder. In this review the presentation, prevalence, and complications of the various eating disorders--anorexia nervosa, pica, rumination disorder of infancy, and bulimia/bulimarexia--are discussed. Detailed attention is given to the potential medical hazards of bulimarexia. These hazards may be categorized according to the organ system affected or the individual behavioral components of bulimarexia. Because bulimarexia is commonly practiced in secrecy, its presentation may be in the form of one of its medical complications. Therefore, physicians must know the behavioral components of bulimarexia and its potential medical hazards. Optimal care of these patients requires collaborative efforts from a physician and behavioral therapist.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Anorexia Nervosa; Cathartics; Diuretics; Feeding and Eating Disorders; Female; Gastroesophageal Reflux; Humans; Hyperphagia; Infant; Male; Nutrition Disorders; Pica; Substance-Related Disorders; Vomiting

Topics: Animals; Bezoars; China; Deficiency Diseases; Feeding and Eating Disorders; Goat Diseases; Goats; Nutrition Disorders; Pica; Prevalence; Seasons; Sheep; Sheep Diseases; Wool

Topics: Adult; Child, Preschool; Colic; Developing Countries; Female; Haiti; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Nutrition Disorders; Parent-Child Relations; Pediatrics; Pica; Social Support; Tropical Medicine

To study the relationship between pica and iron-lack anaemia in a series of iron-deficiency patients in order to establish the pathogenesis of such relationship.. Four-hundred and thirty-three patients were analysed. Pica was studied by introducing certain diet queries into the clinical history. All patients received oral iron and were periodically controlled with the usual clinico-haematological procedures.. Pica was present in 23 patients (5.3%). Eight nourishing (namely, coffee grains, almonds, chocolate, ice, lettuce, carrots, sunflower seeds and bread) and 2 non-nourishing (clay and paper) substances were involved. A second episode of pica appeared in 9 cases upon relapsing of iron deficiency. Both anaemia and pica were cured by etiologic and substitutive therapy in all instances. No clear correlation was found with either socio-economic status or pathogenetic causes of iron deficiency and pica, and no haematological differences were seen between patients with pica and those without this alteration.. (1) The pathogenesis of pica is unclear, although it appears unrelated to the degree of iron deficiency. (2) According to the findings in this series, pica seems a consequence of iron deficiency rather than its cause. (3) Adequate therapy can cure both conditions, although pica may reappear upon relapse of iron deficiency.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anemia, Hypochromic; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Food Preferences; Humans; Iron; Iron Deficiencies; Male; Middle Aged; Nutrition Disorders; Pica; Recurrence; Socioeconomic Factors

Serum selenium concentration was investigated in 40 children with iron deficiency anemia and in 40 control subjects matched for age, sex and geographical origin. A spectrofluorometric method was used for determination of the selenium level. It was found to be significantly lower (p < 0.001) in the patient group, which consisted of both normally developed and malnourished children. Patients also having pica had higher levels of selenium compared to patients without pica. There was no relation between the serum selenium concentration and hematological parameters such as hemoglobin, serum iron, serum iron binding capacity and unsaturated iron binding capacity. However the results of 15 patients followed during iron therapy indicated that the duration of the anemic period may affect the selenium concentration. This study also suggests the effectiveness of iron and selenium administration.

Topics: Adolescent; Anemia, Hypochromic; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Glutathione Peroxidase; Humans; Infant; Iron; Male; Nutrition Disorders; Pica; Selenium

The authors report five, mortal, vasculo-cerebral hemorrhage complications in anaemic and geographic patients. The five observations are stereotyped, the accidents occurring two weeks after the start of treatment, which included a complete blood transfusion and the admission of injectable iron and oral folic acid. Physiopathogenesis is obscure, and no identical case seems to be described in literature. The authors link these accidents to less serious neurological manifestations normally observed during iron-deficient anaemia. They blame cerebral anoxia and the deficient terrain.

Topics: Adolescent; Anemia, Hypochromic; Anemia, Macrocytic; Blood Transfusion; Brain Ischemia; Cerebral Hemorrhage; Child; Female; Folic Acid; Folic Acid Deficiency; Humans; Iron; Iron Deficiencies; Male; Nutrition Disorders; Pica; Pseudotumor Cerebri; Retrospective Studies; Senegal; Syndrome

Topics: Adolescent; Anemia, Hypochromic; Child; Child, Preschool; Hepatomegaly; Humans; Iron Deficiencies; Liver Cirrhosis; Nutrition Disorders; Pica; Splenomegaly

Topics: Anemia, Hypochromic; Child; Geological Phenomena; Geology; Growth Disorders; Humans; Male; Nutrition Disorders; Pica; Zinc

Topics: Anemia, Hypochromic; Dietary Carbohydrates; Female; Humans; Nutrition Disorders; Pica; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic; Soil

Topics: Adult; Age Factors; Animals; Child; Child, Preschool; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Forecasting; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Lead; Lead Poisoning; Nutrition Disorders; Paint; Pica; United States; United States Food and Drug Administration

Topics: Adolescent; Deficiency Diseases; Diarrhea; Dietary Proteins; Female; Helminthiasis; Humans; Hypoproteinemia; Iran; Liver Cirrhosis; Male; Nutrition Disorders; Pica; Protein Deficiency; Protein-Losing Enteropathies; Serum Albumin; Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal; Zinc

Topics: Adult; Aged; Dental Materials; Denture, Partial, Removable; Female; History, 15th Century; History, 16th Century; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; Humans; Hypersensitivity; Male; Middle Aged; Mikulicz' Disease; Nutrition Disorders; Parotid Gland; Parotid Neoplasms; Parotitis; Pica; Salivary Gland Diseases

Topics: Beriberi; History, 19th Century; Humans; Louisiana; Nutrition Disorders; Pica; Scurvy

Topics: Africa; Child; Dental Caries; Dentition; Diet; Feeding and Eating Disorders; Feeding Behavior; Humans; Instinct; Mastication; Mother-Child Relations; Nutrition Disorders; Personality Disorders; Pica; United States; Wood

Topics: Age Factors; Anemia, Hypochromic; Animals; Biological Assay; Blood Chemical Analysis; Body Height; Body Weight; California; Child; Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Child, Preschool; Feeding Behavior; Female; Food; Hemoglobins; Humans; Infant; Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Iron; Male; Milk; Nutrition Disorders; Nutrition Surveys; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Nutritional Requirements; Parity; Pica; Rural Health; Socioeconomic Factors

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Anemia, Hypochromic; Blood Proteins; Body Height; Body Weight; Edema; Female; Growth Disorders; Helminthiasis; Hemoglobinometry; Hepatomegaly; Humans; Infections; Iran; Male; Nutrition Disorders; Pica; Protein Deficiency; School Health Services; Serum Albumin; Serum Globulins; Soil; Splenomegaly; Zinc