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How To Quit Eating Sponge ?
Hi My daughter is 17 yrs old and she is a sponge eater for a few years now but now lately it is becoming much worse. She is starting to eat my lounge suite. PLEASE HELP JUDYANN
Fri, 30 Dec 2011
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Sponge eating may be due to iron deficiency in her which can be diagnosed by blood haemoglobin levels. You start giving her iron supplements meanwhile and get her haemoglobin levels checked. Also keep checking her for eating sponge.
Dr. Rakhi Tayal
Thanks for choosing HealthcareMagic forum.
Sponge eating may be due to iron deficiency in her which can be diagnosed by blood haemoglobin levels. You start giving her iron supplements meanwhile and get her haemoglobin levels checked. Also keep checking her for eating sponge.
Dr. Rakhi Tayal
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