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Suggest Treatment For Heavy Vaginal Bleeding During Periods

Hi, I recently started consuming slate pencils. I have not used to it. but due to heavy bleeding during periods, I have lost lots of blood & feeling really low and forced to eat slate pencils.. In a week I started eating around 5 to 6 pencils. I try & avoid as much possible but end up eating to less I can. Pl. advise if this can affect me in anyways as I am already suffering with PCOD. Thanks
Thu, 14 Feb 2019
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Hi,

Many people get this addiction to eating slate pencils. Though something, not a poison, obviously it may have many health-related risks as it may have many impurities or.

May have harmful ingredients. So we do recommend to avoid this at all. The reason for the lust to eat non-edible things is called SICA in medical terms.

This many times indirectly indicate a nutritional deficiency in the person body. As you said you bled too much. So it may very likely be indicating iron deficiency in your body. You should take iron tablets along with some Calcium for some times.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Dr Mahboob Ur Rahman , General & Family Physician
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Suggest Treatment For Heavy Vaginal Bleeding During Periods

Hi, Many people get this addiction to eating slate pencils. Though something, not a poison, obviously it may have many health-related risks as it may have many impurities or. May have harmful ingredients. So we do recommend to avoid this at all. The reason for the lust to eat non-edible things is called SICA in medical terms. This many times indirectly indicate a nutritional deficiency in the person body. As you said you bled too much. So it may very likely be indicating iron deficiency in your body. You should take iron tablets along with some Calcium for some times. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr Mahboob Ur Rahman , General & Family Physician