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Why A Child Eats Paper Or Crayons

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Dr. E Venkata Ramana MD

Every time my daughter eats she makes like a coughing sound like she is trying to clear we throat ... and all who are around her when she eats ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. E Venkata Ramana ( Pediatrician)
Dr.  Sumanth Amperayani MD

my child keeps vomiting the food , and the food came out is very sticky in nature she is not at all suffering from any cold/ cough or congestion I am using Similac Advance followup formula for her , and ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sumanth Amperayani ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Irshad H Naqvi MD

My daughter is complaining that her stomach hurts almost every time when she eats after 7pm it s to the point she eats no later than 5pm and goes to bed hungry this is a on going problem with her I... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Irshad H Naqvi ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Srikanth Reddy MD

On a word memory test. If a patient says a word correctly but in its plural form is it still correct? For example the word was Crayon is Crayons correct and vice versa. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Srikanth Reddy ( Psychiatrist)
Dr. Vaishalee Punj MD

hi.. my 2.5 year old daughter is constantly having either a cold or cough or runs light fever ..... she is active throughout but..and eats well... ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj ( General & Family Physician)

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Dr. Sumanth Amperayani MD

question is should I start him on daily vitamins or set up a doctors appointment? Also, could this be a ... not cited so unknown if reliable). We have had the paper issue come up before but the... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sumanth Amperayani ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Sanjay Sharma MD

I have a six year old infant boy at my school who eats lead pencils continuously every day. His teacher doesn t know what do do again. This same child also chews paper from his exercise book and... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sanjay Sharma ( Pediatrician)
Dr. K. V. Anand MD

A 5 year old boy bites on crayons in school despite warnings & discipline measures. He has a chewing device on his pencil, which he uses, but still chews on the crayons. Is there something in... View answer

Answered by : Dr. K. V. Anand ( Psychologist)
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel MD

kgs. She eats paper, tissue paper, newspaper, infact any paper she gets hold of, once or twice I have seen her eating crayon as well. She drinks milk a lot and eats... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel ( General Surgeon)
Dr. Irshad H Naqvi MD

Hi Dr. Grief, My 6 year old daughter eats crayon, pencils, erasers, paper, elmer s glue, glue stick ... yummy and that is why she eat them. Should I be concerned? And what should I do about it? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Irshad H Naqvi ( Pediatrician)