Chewing Ice!!!

LadyBugLass · Dec 31, 2005

I LOVE the smell of bleach!! I guess because it is just SO clean. I think it reminds me of hotels and swimming pools from vacations, esp. when I was a kid.

When I was little, we didn't have a self-defrosting freezer, so I'd take a knife and SCRAPE all that wonderful ice off of the walls of the freezer and eat it up like candy.

I think of all the FREON I ingested:idea: ...no wonder I'm so sick now.

truern · Dec 31, 2005

From Dictionary.com :

pagophagia.

Main Entry: pa-go-pha-gia

Pronunciation: "pA-g&-'fA-j(E-)&

Function: noun

: the compulsive eating of ice that is a common symptom of a lack of iron

southern_rn_brat · Dec 31, 2005

From Dictionary.com :
pagophagia.
Main Entry: pa-go-pha-gia
Pronunciation: "pA-g&-'fA-j(E-)&
Function: noun
: the compulsive eating of ice that is a common symptom of a lack of iron

oh gee thanks, now I have another issue to talk about with my therapist:chair:

Glimmer · Dec 31, 2005

I am one of those that loves to eat ice... when I get a class of water when the water is gone so is the ice. Same as if I stop at a drive thru and get a drink I eat the ice when I am done. My bloodwork all came back fine in April though and I was an ice eater even before that... I remember one of my old professors stopping me on campus one day when I was chewing on some ice to tell me that chewing ice was a sign of sexual frustration! :eek:

CoffeeRTC, BSN, RN · Dec 31, 2005

OMG, when I was pregnant with Hyper Emesis that is all I wanted.....Ice. I used to crave ice from certain places too. Would drive my hubby crazy.

Jerico, BSN, RN · Dec 31, 2005

I don't think eating ice is actually pica.

Pica is eating of things that are not considered part of nutrition.

Ice is water, so part of nutrition.

Pagophagia is eating ice compulsively.

I think people crunch ice to either "do" something; because it feels good to crunch"; they are thirsty and don't like drinking water; it relieves nervous tension.

Brian, ASN, RN · Jan 5, 2006

Did a quick google search and came up with a few pages:

http://www.dietitian.com/iron.html

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2004/11/i-eat-lot-of-ice.html

http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1188.htm

Hope that helps :)

amgo24 · Jan 6, 2006

is it just chewing ice? or any hard material

TShill · Jan 6, 2006

chewing ice may be annoying to some people, but it is not as gross as smelling cigarette smoke on nurses when they come back in from their breaks.

Janet T · Jan 6, 2006

I don't know the correlation, but both my daughter-in-law and a coworker do it, and yes, they are both anemic.

Momof4greatkids · Jan 6, 2006

I was SEVERELY anemic a few years back ( typical h&h were about 7.0 and 21.0). I always chewed ice. It drove everybody crazy (including me). But, I always did it. I think thirst might have something to do with it. I had a hysterectomy, which pretty much rid me of my anemia and my need(?) to chew ice. It was strange, but, I would chew on ice all day and evening long in those days.

Fun2, BSN, RN · Jan 6, 2006

I LOVED Sonic when I was pregnant! (For those of you who do not knos what Sonic is, they have the best ice ever!) lol

I got in a habit of eating the ice from there when I was pregnant, but then I had to eat regular ice.

Between ALWAYS having something dental on my teeth due to a cleft palate & cleft lip, the ice habit, and the baby using so much calcium, my teeth are ruined. My dentist actually told me to NOT have any more kiddos.