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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.
Iron deficiency anemia may cause a person to crave ice. Pica is disorder in which people crave and eat non-food items or items with no nutritional value, such as dirt, paper or ice. A common symptom of iron deficiency anemia is pica, and specifically, the strong urge to eat ice. For many people, after diagnosis and proper treatment for iron deficiency, the desire to eat ice goes away.