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Craving for chalk ..

2016-07-08 08:56:27
My daughter is 16 yrs old n she can't resist eating chalk n wall plaster ...2 yrs back she developed this habbit of eating such things ..plz suggest ways to get rid of this ...(she take multivitamin syrups..)and also tell me that ...is there any risk of developing a serious disease in future due to eating these kind of things?
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Set her diet like 3 hrly eating pattern includes protein and complex carbs each time .consult a well experienced dietetian for appropriate  diet plan

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Dear Wish the healthy health Chk her hemoglobin and vit d and vit b12 levels and calcium This kinda of habbit develops if any of these nutrient defincy presists

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Calcium injection is the only option for this problem.

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Contact a physician or pediatrician, u suggest to provide her with calcium supplement along with calcium rich foods.

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