Pica is an eating disorder that can cause abdominal symptoms, obstruction, poisoning, parasitic infections and is associated with iron deficiency anaemia. We should be aware of it in the urgent care setting.
Check out the papers mentioned
Mohammad Rizwan Hussain, Philip Holcroft, Mohammed Tayab Qureshi, EP467 – Bowel obstruction due to colonic lithobezoar in a patient with PICA, BJS, Volume 111, Issue Supplement_8, September 2024, znae197.500, Link
Ganesan PR, Vasauskas AA. The Association Between Pica and Iron-Deficiency Anemia: A Scoping Review. Cureus. 2023 Apr 20;15(4):e37904. doi: 10.7759/cureus.37904. PMID: 37220446; PMCID: PMC10199804. Link
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