Almost everyone knows someone who is addicted to chewing ice. They
crunch on ice cubes all day long. They get up in the middle of the night
to chew ice. They have favorite ice cube trays and go out of their way
to get ice from specific places.They
crunch on ice cubes all day long. They get up in the middle of the night
to chew ice. They have favorite ice cube trays and go out of their way
to get ice from specific places.They literally go crazy if they can’t
get ice. Maybe you’re one of them.Ice chewing is called pagophagia,
and it’s one specific type of a more general medical condition that’s
referred to as pica. People with pica have a compulsive desire to eat
things that have no nutritional value, such as ice or cornstarch, or
even things that aren’t food at all, like clay, dirt, chalk, or paint
chips. Compared with gnawing on pencil erasers or peeling the paint off
the baseboards, chewing on a little ice doesn’t seem all that bad, does
it? Nonetheless, it can signal a medical problem.
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