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Since the weather in Thailand is usually hot, it is not weird that people may want to drink cold beverages and chew on ice. However, if you carefully notice whether our friends or people around us who always chew on ice all the time or chew all day? or question yourself whether you are having that kind of behavior or not? If so, you are at risk of Anemia.
Alway chewing ice and addicted to chewing ice all day. Cannot stop chewing or craving for ice all the time. Prefer chewing ice to drinking cold beverages. Even if the beverage is freezing cold, it cannot make them satisfied. They have to seek ice and chew it loudly and they prefer to chew it rather than just putting it in their mouth.
Pagophagia or the habit of chewing ice is a warning sign of Anemia. It is not the cause of the Anemia but the habit of frequent ice chewing is a sign of iron deficiency. Research shows that more than 50% of patients with the disease often experience ice chewing, but should see a doctor for a thorough examination.
Another cause is stress from some problems related to emotions and minds such as stress, and obsessive-compulsive behavior, so they have to chew things up to relax.
Ice chewing may make your teeth chipped, cracked, broken or fallen out.
Eating unsanitary ice can be at risk of contracting diseases, bacteria that cause flux and diarrhea, or infection with parasites from ice used in cooling fresh food as well as other toxins and chemicals contaminated in the unclean ice.
If you have anemia, it may affect the condition as follows:
Now don’t forget to observe yourself and people around you and see if there’s this kind of risky behavior or not. However, if you really can’t stop your behavior or cannot control ice chewing, try consulting with a doctor or psychiatrist.
