Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Call me Magpie


I found out i have a disorder called Pica
Pica is a tendancy or craving to eat (or mouth) substances other than normal food
(e.g. Chalk, ash, ice cubes, flour, sand, starch, soil, paper, soap.)
The conditions name comes from the latin word for magpie, a bird which is reputed to eat almost anything
Examples that apply to me:
Amylophagia (consumption of starch)
Geophagy (Consumption of soil, clay, or chalk)
Hyalophagia (Consumption of glass, dust, or sand)
Pagophagia (consumption of ice)
Self-Cannibalism (rare conditions where body parts may be consumed *may explain my biting habits*)
Vampirism (Consumption of Blood)

i just spent an hour researching this, i love learning new things :)

2 comments:

Sam Ash said...

wow.
that is really, really interesting.

Lala said...

... i dont think you have bitten one of your limbs off before.