Pagophagia (from Greek: pagos, frost/ice, + phagō, to eat) is the compulsive consumption of ice or iced drinks. ... It is a form of the disorder known as pica, ...PagophagiaFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchMedicalconditionPagophagiaSymptomsCompulsiveconsumptionoficeComplicationsDentalinjury,worseningirondeficiencyorothermicronutrientdeficiency,hyponatremiaCausesUnknownetiologyRiskfactorsIron-deficiencyanemia,psychologicaldistress,pregnancyDiagnosticmethodBasedonsignsandsymptomspresentedandbloodtestssuchasacompletebloodcountTreatmentIronsupplementationPagophagia(fromGreek:pagos,frost/ice,+phagō,toeat[1])isthecompulsiveconsumptionoficeoriceddrinks.[2]Itisaformofthedisorderknownaspica,whichinLatinreferstoamagpiethateatseverythingindiscriminately.[3]Itsmedicaldefinitionreferstothepersistentconsumptionofnonnutritivesubstancesforoveraperiodofatleastonemonth.[3]However,differentstudieshaveincludedalternativedefinitionsincluding"dailyconsumptionof2-11fullglassesofice(480-2640g)"or"thepurposefulingestionofatleastoneordinarytrayoficedailyforaperiodinexcessoftwomonths."[4]Pagophagiahasbeenshowntobeassociatedwithiron-deficiencyanemia[5]andresponsivetoironsupplementation,[6][7]leadingsomeinvestigatorstopostulatethatsomeformsofpicamaybetheresultofnutritionaldeficiency.[8]Similarly,folkwisdomalsomaintainedthatpicareflectedanappetitetocompensatefornutritionaldeficiencies,suchaslowironorzinc.Inirondeficientpregnantpersonswhoexperiencesymptomsofpagophagia,decreasedcravingsforicehavebeenobservedafterironsupplementation.[9]Laterresearchdemonstratedthatthesubstancesingestedbythosewhohavepicagenerallydonotprovidethemineralornutrientinwhichpeoplearedeficient.Inthelongrun,aspeoplestartconsumingmorenonfoodscompulsively,picacanalsocauseadditionalnutritionaldeficiencies.[9]Ahypothesisoftheneurologicalbasisofpagophagiawasproposedina2014studyinwhichthosewithirondeficiencyanemiawereshowntohaveimprovedresponsetimeswhileperformingonaneuropsychologicaltestwhengivenicetoc