Considerable geophagea in a middle -aged woman: A case report

Pica is an eating disorder that the person is interested in eating unusual material, no nutritional value, such as chalk, clay, starch and Ice. Religious and cultural issues, psychological, physiological and economic poverty can be some factors to induce this disorder. Pica is seen in a pregnant women, children, people with mental retardation and psychiatric disorders in patients with geophagea. The common complications are include lead, Phosphorus and Mercury poisoning, hypo and hyperkalemia. Parasitis infections, Intestinal obstruction and dental carries are common in these persons. A 38 year-Old obese woman that referred with multiple and unexplained somatic pain, depressed mood, worry about weight gain and her body. She started geophagea following her problems that it been more severe after progression of illness. So that the patient has been eaten soil among and even instead of meals. In this study, it is concluded that stress can induce geophagea and stress management and resolve of emotional disturbances decrease these habits.