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All About Pica. Eating and desiring ice is directly tied to another behavioral symptom of iron deficiency, a strange appetite disorder called pica. Whenever it surfaces, pica fills you with the desire to ingest substances that normally aren't viewed as food. Paper, wood, and dirt are regularly gnawed on by sufferers.
Craving and chewing ice can be a symptom of iron deficiency anemia, the most common form of anemia. The medical world uses the term, pagophagia, to label the craving and chewing of ice. Itâs a lot easier just to say the phrase, craving ice, so thatâs what weâll do. Once the iron deficiency is cleared up, the cravings for ice typically go away. For some reason, this iron deficiency causes a person to crave and crunch ice.