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Suggest Treatment For Eating Disorder In A Child

Dear sir,
My daughter is 4 yrs old and eating slate pencils. We tried a lot to get rid of it. But no use. Even i had given calcium, iron and multi-vitamin syrps. Still she is eating. After 3 to 4 hours of eating the slate pencil she develops cough for about 4 hours. After that she will become normal. What can u suggest
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Ashok
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi...Thank you for consulting in Health Care magic. This is called pica. It is not an eating disorder. Usually iron deficiency is the main cause for this. I suggest you consult your pediatrician and get some prescriptions for iron and calcium supplements as you have done earlier and try tal9king to her out of this habit.
Hope my answer was helpful for you. I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Health care magic are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health.
Dr. Sumanth MBBS., DCH., DNB (Paed).,
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Suggest Treatment For Eating Disorder In A Child

Hi...Thank you for consulting in Health Care magic. This is called pica. It is not an eating disorder. Usually iron deficiency is the main cause for this. I suggest you consult your pediatrician and get some prescriptions for iron and calcium supplements as you have done earlier and try tal9king to her out of this habit. Hope my answer was helpful for you. I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Health care magic are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health. Dr. Sumanth MBBS., DCH., DNB (Paed).,