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The hidden hunger of Pica: Stories from people who eat objects
Manage episode 367538700 series 2831303
When Shannon Litchfield’s 11 year-old son, Cameron, was losing weight and feeling sick, she took him to the emergency room. The x-ray they saw showed magnets, screws, and yarn in his stomach.
We’ll explore the eating disorder known as Pica, where people are drawn to eating objects. A researcher talks about her findings after completing a research study with 600 parents of young children, and meet a woman who ate nearly two pounds of rocks every day for 20 years.
Click here for more information on Pica.
GUESTS:
- Teresa Widener: A Bedford, Virginia woman who developed anemia during pregnancy, which began a 20 year addiction to eating rocks
- Sigita Lesinskiene: A child and adolescent psychiatry consultant at the Ministry of Health in Lithuania, and a professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Vilnius University who has studied Pica in her country
- Shannon and Cameron Litchfield: Albany, Oregon residents who are learning to navigate life with Pica, after Cameron had to have surgery to remove magnets, screws, and yarn from his stomach
Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donate
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Capíttulos
1. The hidden hunger of Pica: Stories from people who eat objects (00:00:00)
2. Marker 01 (00:15:17)
3. Marker 02 (00:27:56)
214 episodios
Manage episode 367538700 series 2831303
When Shannon Litchfield’s 11 year-old son, Cameron, was losing weight and feeling sick, she took him to the emergency room. The x-ray they saw showed magnets, screws, and yarn in his stomach.
We’ll explore the eating disorder known as Pica, where people are drawn to eating objects. A researcher talks about her findings after completing a research study with 600 parents of young children, and meet a woman who ate nearly two pounds of rocks every day for 20 years.
Click here for more information on Pica.
GUESTS:
- Teresa Widener: A Bedford, Virginia woman who developed anemia during pregnancy, which began a 20 year addiction to eating rocks
- Sigita Lesinskiene: A child and adolescent psychiatry consultant at the Ministry of Health in Lithuania, and a professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Vilnius University who has studied Pica in her country
- Shannon and Cameron Litchfield: Albany, Oregon residents who are learning to navigate life with Pica, after Cameron had to have surgery to remove magnets, screws, and yarn from his stomach
Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donate
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Capíttulos
1. The hidden hunger of Pica: Stories from people who eat objects (00:00:00)
2. Marker 01 (00:15:17)
3. Marker 02 (00:27:56)
214 episodios
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