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My 5 years doughter likes to eat sand. what could she be lacking?
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Pica?: Pica is disorder characterized by an appetite for substances largely non-nutritive, such as clay, chalk, dirt, paint chips, or sand.It can be from an iron deficiency, or chemical imbalance. Too much ingestion can lead to intoxication in children which can result in an impairment in both physical and mental development. Eating paint chips containing lead can cause brain problems.
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