Open AccessAn unusual case of xylophagia (paper-eating)
Author(s) -
Mahesh Gowda,
Bhavin Patel,
Sharma Preeti,
M Chandrasekar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/0972-6748.144972
Subject(s) - pica (typography) , intoxicative inhalant , ingestion , craving , eating behavior , psychology , solvent , psychiatry , chemistry , medicine , organic chemistry , toxicology , endocrinology , computer science , addiction , biology , obesity , world wide web
Xylophagia is a condition involving the consumption of paper and form of eating disorder known as pica. Pica is an unusual craving for ingestion of either edible or inedible substances. Inhalants are volatile substances, which produce chemical vapors that can be inhaled to induce a psycho-active or mind altering effect. Although, pica is not linked to solvent abuse, here we report an adolescent case of paper-eating with solvent dependence.