Anemia Signs Chewing Ice hobby?

Feeling weak and tired are common signs of anemia or less blood. However, in recent years there are other signs of iron deficiency in the body, ie, an uncontrollable desire to consume the ice, or called pagophagia.
The experts did not know for certain link between the desire to consume the ice with anemia, but suspected ice cubes capable of overcoming inflammation in the mouth due to iron deficiency.
In the extreme case, someone who has not been diagnosed anemic and pagophagia often found carrying ice cubes everywhere. Habit "strange" the new disappeared after patients get the therapy of iron supplements.

One study showed an addiction (cravings) ice, either chewed or drunk, a side effect of weight loss surgery. Operation procedures, among others, interfere with the digestive function in absorbing iron and other minerals. As a result, a third of the body weight reduction surgery patients experience iron deficiency and vitamin B12.
Another theory states, in people who suffer from anemia because the body tends to heat the blood volume decreases. That is why, without realizing the person is looking for something that its cold, like ice.


quoted by Kompas.com