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My 1.5 yrs old baby eats soil, mitti, cement, paper, etc. Solution please. She lies on the floor and licks the floor
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It's PICA
Need physical consultation with Paediatrician
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It's because of anemia. Kindly do deworming and start iron supplements
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Condition called as PICA
whenever hemoglobin goes down (hb) children tend to have eating non edible items
Investigation preferably CBC
Treatment wise u give Syp tonoferon
And Syp bandy plus
Kindly contact for further details
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
Pediatrician
5 yrs exp
Rajkot
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Dr. T Raghunath Reddy
Pediatrician
14 yrs exp
Hyderabad
the behaviour is called PICCA and it may be due to iron deficiency in the body.
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get CBP and serum ferritin levels done
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Dr. Prathibha Reddy
Pediatrician
12 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Do deworming . Start iron syrup . May b due to low hb levels
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Dr. Abhishek Khandelwal
Pediatrician
4 yrs exp
Raipur
Deworming
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cbc
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start iron if hemoglobin is below par level
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Dr. Sachin Pariskar
Pediatrician
8 yrs exp
Pune
Give bandy plus syrup at night and Do Cbc once to check Hb
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Dr. Jyothi
Pediatrician
4 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Deworming and iron supplements will be required.
Consult online for prescription
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Dr. Ramling
Pediatrician
7 yrs exp
Bhalki
Most of them need Iron Therapy
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Do deworming
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Consult pediatrician
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Dr. Shebin C E
Pediatrician
10 yrs exp
Kanyakumari
Greetings it's due to less hemoglobin.kindly check Hb level and start iron syrup
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