Chewing Ice!!!

god when people chew ice it anoys me beond all belief. my best friend and sister do it all the time.

I don't think science has figured out exactly why... just some combination of psychological and biochemical factors.

I don't know why either. But, when I was pregnant with the last 3 babies, I chomped on ice like a mad woman!!!

It's a form of pica.

I've heard theories that the brain relates the taste of ice to a metallic taste, etc.

god when people chew ice it anoys me beond all belief. my best friend and sister do it all the time.

Hi,

I bet their dentists have probably told them not to do this, hard to stop I do not doubt.

I saw a documentary and it included how our teeth are hard yet porous and that chewing ice forces those spongy pores open wider and wider, (microscopically).

Yeowch.

Gen

I vote for pica. When I read your post that is the first thing that came to mind. Can't remember the rationale off hand, but maybe this gives you a lead.

:) Ketcia:)

"a bad habit." I remember my mom telling me...stopppp chewing ice or you'll ruin your teeth! Now I have done it my whole life, haven't technically *ruined* my teeth, but i'm sure it's not good for them (the ice expands the enamel...creates weak spots...etc.). Even more fun. I now get to tell my OWN daughter who learned the "bad habit" from her mother....stopppp chewing ice or you'll ruin your teeth! Oy. :chuckle

~J

My sister has iron-deficiency anemia and she ALWAYS chews ice!

My anemic patient today asked me for a cup of ice. She was unaware of the connection but said, yes, she chews ice frequently!

I can say that I felt this urge back last year. All I wanted to do was chew ice.

I would stop at a 7-11 just to get a cup full of the "soft" ice out of their machine. I had never had this urge before and did not know why I had it now. At a routine physical, my doc did blood work and dang if I wasn't anemic. Took me totally off guard.. I started on an iron suppliment and the anemia has gone...so has the ice chewing. Strange but true in my case.. Not sure of the metabolic reasons why though.

LPN 90

OMG I chew ice and I cant stop!!!!!!!!!

It's strange because I can go for a few days and not chew any at all and then all the sudden I cant get enough. I know it annoys my family and my peers at work but I cant stop!

Is it really related to anemia? I had always thought that was a wives tale. The way I chew it, I may be in need of an transfusion lol.

I can't STAND being near someone who is chewing ice. It physically hurts me to hear the noise and watch them chew it (I have extremely sensitive teeth); sympathy pains I guess, lol. Same with people who chew popsicles and things like that (I'm shuddering just thinking about it).

!!!!! My stepdaughter does this ALL the time, I thought it was just a habit. I'll get her mother to mention it to the doc.

Cats