Pica

What is Pica ?

Pica is a medical disorder non nutritive in nature, it may be caused due to some psychological issues of the individual, characterized by an appetite for substances which are usually not eatable and have are non nutritive (for example clay, metal, coal, sand, dirt, soil, toothbrushes, soap, mucus, ash, gum and things which are available in powdery form or the ingredients from the food source (for example salt, flour, potato, rice, starch, ice cubes). The word Pica basically comes from a latin word magpie a bird that is reputed to eat almost everything. pica can be seen in people of all ages but most commonly seen in pregnant women,children and the people with developmental disorders.
Most commonly pica is seen in women and children, it is found in those children who have habit of eating dangerous things like lead, plastics and steels and other things which are poisonous.

Causes Of Pica Syndrome :

Pica syndrome is disorder of appetite cause due to mineral deficiency like take iron deficiency which results in celiac diseases or certain hookworms infection, the individual eats those minerals in pica form in which he is having deficiency in his body. It is usually seen that some mental health conditions like obsessive compulsive disorder can easily cause this disorder, it is also researched that traumatic stress are also lead to pica, individuals having pica disease have some sort of family problem, child abuse and some other factors too.

Symptoms Of Pica :

1. When it is diagnosed that the individual eats non nutritive foods or metals.
2. Eating those things (non nutritive) again and again by an individual.
3. Although eating poisonous or dangerous things without any hesitation.
4. Addiction of non nutritive or harmful food ingredients and also the metals.

Treatment Of Pica :

1. Treating the deficiencies of minerals in body.
2. Family advice
3. Consulting a doctor which can guide and can handle the psychological problems regarding this.
4. The therapy and medication such as SSRIs are commonly used throughout the world.
5. Zinc is successful at treating pica.
6. Behavior therapies.

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Most Deadly Diseases

Following are the most deadly diseases which killed millions of people throughout the world in the past and some of them are also present today.

1. Small Pox : This disease is considered as the most deadly diseases in the 19th and 20th Century, more than 5 Billion people have lost their lives due to this virus, Variola major or Variola minor virus were the two main cause of this infectious disease.

2. Malaria : It is the second largest deadly disease, and the main point is that it is also causing more casualties today in the parts of Africa, it has killed around 80 Million people worldwide.

3. Heart Disease : Heart attack ranks third in the most deadly diseases table, you can imagine this disease that every minute a person dies from Heart Attack.

4. Measles : This disease is caused by the respiration and a person not having this disease can get if his room mate has. More than 6 Billion people have dies through this disease from the past 175 years.

5. Tuberculosis : It has claimed more than 40 Million people worldwide and it is present today also, it attacks the lungs of human body. It ranks 5th in our deadly disease rankings.

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Malaria

The word Malaria comes from an Italian word "mala" which means "bad" and "aria" which means "air", So after combining these two words its mean Bad Air.
Malaria is caused by a bite of female Anopheles Mosquito, it happens when the female anopheles mosquito bites someone and sucks the blood of body, after having the blood of the infected person in the body of female mosquito for a week, blood mixes with the malaria parasites.
When the female attacks on the other body after a week or two, she injects the old blood into the body of a new victim and the parasites blood mixes in blood.
After spending some weeks or sometimes month in the liver of the victims bod, the malaria parasites starts multiplying with in the red blood cells, and causes body the symptoms of fever, headache, acne etc.

Each year nearly more than 400 million cases of Malaria found throughout the world, in which 50 to 60 percent cases are found in Sub Saharan Africa.
This disease grows faster in children with the ages of 6-12 years.

Symptoms Of Malaria :

The main symptoms of malaria are :
High Fever, vomiting, headache, sweating, chills, sometimes dry cough and fatigue ( feeling less energy ). These all symptoms occurs in a cycle time to time, and they all have a specific period.

How To Prevent :

This disease can be prevented by using mosquito nets, spraying against mosquitoes inside and outside homes, specially on plants,beds, tables etc, some vaccines are also available in market and by using anti malarial medication.

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