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Is Eating Sidewalk Chalk Harmful

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Dr. Minoo Bhagia MD

doctor. Anyhow, my questions are: Is eating chalk harmful to me? and Why the heck won't I stop bleeding ...Every so often i get a craving to eat chalk. I had never actually done it... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Minoo Bhagia ( OBGYN)
Dr.      Ashish Mittal MD

stopped eating slate pencil and chalk but i am into the habit of eating rice without boiling. Is it bad ...Hello sir, i am 30 yrs old, female, have two kids. From past one month i had the... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ashish Mittal ( Psychiatrist)
Dr.  Sandip Kabra MD

Is eating slate pencils harmful? I'm a 20 year old girl and I've been eating since almost 8 years now. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sandip Kabra ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Archana Verma MD

my son(2 years) is eating dark grapes along with seeds. also he is eating almost 1 kg for every two days. is eating grapes along with seeds harm my son? is it good to eat... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Archana Verma ( Pediatrician)
Dr.  T Shobha Deepak MD

I just finished eating dinner and I may have ingested melted plastic. The oven was smoking badly while I was making it and I thought it was just food burning off. While eating my food there was stringy ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Shobha Deepak ( General & Family Physician)

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Dr. Sourav MD

How harmful is eating chalk. I eat 1 chalk stick daily..... What can be the effects in short n long run. I hav been eating it fr 1 year. Nothing like crams or any stomach upset... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sourav ( Dentist)
Dr. Timothy Raichle MD

. The kind of chalk i nibble on is the fat cylinder color ones made for drawing on the sidewalk. Does eating on this kind of chalk effects the baby in any way? The pieces i eat on are... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Timothy Raichle ( OBGYN)
Dr. Sushil Kumar Sompur MD

Hi. I would like to know how harmful eating colored chalk is. I have been eating it for a few weeks ... chalk. I can eat up to 3 sticks a day. So is it harmful to my... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sushil Kumar Sompur ( Psychiatrist)
Dr. Sagar Gaurav Shrivastva MD

I m a teacher and I cann seem to stop eating chalk. I started this craving when I was pregnant with my first baby and I ate a kind of stone that is like clay. I think some people call it calaba... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sagar Gaurav Shrivastva ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Vinod Kumar MD

to start my period. My question is, is eating chalk harmful, will it affect my ability to have kids ...I am 23 and I have been eating chalk on and off for like five years.... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vinod Kumar ( Internal Medicine Specialist)