Pica (disorder)
Pica (/ˈpaɪkə/ PY-kə) is an eating disorder where a person wants to eat things that are not normal to eat, for example nails, rocks or feces. A person with pica may also have a strong want to eat unusual things that are normally considered food but not in the normal way, for example, uncooked potatoes, flour or starch. It is common in small children.
| Pica | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
 Stomach contents of a psychiatric inpatient with pica | |
| ICD-10 | F50.8, F98.3 |
| ICD-9 | 307.52 |
| DiseasesDB | 29704 |
| eMedicine | ped/1798 |
| MeSH | D010842 |
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