Polipica durante el embarazo: geofagia asociada al consumo de tiza y pagofagia a la ingesta de jabón / Polypica during pregnancy: geophagia associated to chalk consumption and pagophagia simultaneous to soap intake

RESUMEN

La polipica es un trastorno que se manifiesta por el consumo persistente de dos o más sustancias no nutritivas. Se describen dos casos de puérperas que presentaron este hábito durante el embarazo, una refiere el consumo diario de tierra y tiza; la otra gestante manifiesta la ingesta diaria de hielo junto con el consumo de jabón con una frecuencia 1 vez a la semana. Ambas mujeres presentaron antecedentes familiares para el trastorno. La evaluación antropométrica fue adecuada tanto para las gestantes como para los neonatos, no obstante en las mujeres la ingesta de hierro resultó deficiente y los parámetros bioquímicos revelaron anemia ferropénica.

ABSTRACT

Polypica is a disorder that manifests itself through the persistent consumption of two or more non-nutritious substances. Two cases were reported regarding puerperal women who presented the habit during pregnancy, one of them referred due to her daily consumption of earth and chalk and the other gestating woman because she revealed the daily intake of ice together with soap consumption with a frequency of one time a week. Both women had family backgrounds for the disorder. The anthropometric evaluation was adequate both for pregnant women and neonates; however, iron intake was deficient for women and biochemical parameters revealed iron deficiency anemia.