An unusual case of xylophagia (paper-eating)

Xylophagia is a condition involving the consumption of paper and form of eating disorder known as pica. Pica is an unusual craving for ingestion of either edible or inedible substances. Inhalants are volatile substances, which produce chemical vapors that can be inhaled to induce a psycho-active or...

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Autores principales: Gowda, Mahesh, Patel, Bhavin M., Preeti, S., Chandrasekar, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4261218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25535449
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.144972
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author Gowda, Mahesh
Patel, Bhavin M.
Preeti, S.
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description Xylophagia is a condition involving the consumption of paper and form of eating disorder known as pica. Pica is an unusual craving for ingestion of either edible or inedible substances. Inhalants are volatile substances, which produce chemical vapors that can be inhaled to induce a psycho-active or mind altering effect. Although, pica is not linked to solvent abuse, here we report an adolescent case of paper-eating with solvent dependence.
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spelling pubmed-42612182014-12-22 An unusual case of xylophagia (paper-eating) Gowda, Mahesh Patel, Bhavin M. Preeti, S. Chandrasekar, M. Ind Psychiatry J Case Report Xylophagia is a condition involving the consumption of paper and form of eating disorder known as pica. Pica is an unusual craving for ingestion of either edible or inedible substances. Inhalants are volatile substances, which produce chemical vapors that can be inhaled to induce a psycho-active or mind altering effect. Although, pica is not linked to solvent abuse, here we report an adolescent case of paper-eating with solvent dependence. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4261218/ /pubmed/25535449 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.144972 Text en Copyright: © Industrial Psychiatry Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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