What is the typical treatment for pica?

Answer 1

A complete medical evaluation to discover the cause of the persons craving a foreign substance. This will include, blood and urine tests. In some cases the doctor may want a chest xray to see if any foreign matter has entered the lungs.

Treatment is dependent on the cause of the pica. Anemia and zinc deficiency may be treated with supplements. Often pica is treated with counseling and behavior modification techniques. Some doctors/psychiatrists are advocating the use of psychotropic medications to treat pica associated with OCD.

AnswerI have recently started treatment for pica, and as the other answer stated, it has inculded a chest x ray and an investigation into the possibility of a mass collecting in my digestive system. I have also been referred to behavioral therapy, which i am about to begin properly. My GP told me that pica is often due to behavioral habits rather than lack of minerals or nutrients, but I suppose I'll have to see how it goes.

Answer 2

Pica can be treated medically by a Psychiatrist (medications used can include low dose antipsychotics) or behaviorally by a good behavioral therapist including a Clinical Social Worker or Psychologist. Psychologists are specialists in behavior, cognition, and emotion.

Answer 3

Because most cases of pica do not have an obvious medical cause, treatment with counseling, education, and nutritional management is often more successful and more appropriate than treatment with medication.

Answer 4

You have to rub your nipples and fondle them everyday

Answer 5

good food