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searcher

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excessive ice eating
Posted: 03-20-08 13:14pm

Hi U am searcher. I am very concerned about my excessive cravings for ice. It is really hard for me to stop, its like a drug. Why and what is going on with my body? Confused
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Posted: 03-24-08 06:00am

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Birch

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Posted: 03-24-08 11:09am

Ice craving can sometimes be a sign of anemia. It's called "pica" if you crave something with no nutritional value.

Get your iron levels checked out!
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mominashoe

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Posted: 03-24-08 22:01pm

I also found that hormonal imbalances can cause the ice craving. When I was pregnant that's almost all I ate, but my iron levels were absolutely perfect every time I had them tested.

The craving always goes away a few weeks after the baby is born.
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mai-b

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Posted: 05-17-08 14:45pm

wow!!!! Very
Happy i have finally found someone else who eats ice, i did it with all three of my pregnancys even in the car on way tp delivery one...
everyone thought i was nuts(particulary as i needed to sniff the hoover before hand too)!!... Embarassed
each went away instantly after birth till the last, that one came back, though not so severe just occasionly get sudden cravings, my iron levells were normal too..
just had to post cos have searched the net for the last 6 years trying to find other peoples so i didn't seem strange, my doctors and midwives hadn't heard of it either...yey!!! thankyou!! yes
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mominashoe

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Posted: 05-17-08 15:08pm

lol...you are welcome!! Everyone told me I was nuts and sick blah blah blah too. Good to know there are others out there like me too Smile
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