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Ice Craving: A Sign of Anemia

icecubes We had a couple of patients in our clinics which developed ice craving. They loved to crush and chew on ice chips all the time. When they saw their physician for another reason, blood tests showed low level of hemoglobin, known as anemia.

It turned out that these patients had iron deficiency coming from blood loss from colon cancer. These iron deficiencies can lead to a craving to chew or eat ice chips. Iron deficiencies can affect the mucosa in the gut and mouth, and ice chips may relief some of the discomfort caused by iron deficiencies. Continue reading…

Posted by Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD on May 7th, 2009
Posted in: From the Desk of Dr. Lenz | 12 Comments »
Tags: anemia, iron deficiency, Managing Symptoms and Side Effects, Preventing Colorectal Cancer

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