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Yu smɔl pikin de it tin dɛn we pɔsin nɔ go it? Mek wi tok abaut Pica!

Yu smɔl pikin de it tin dɛn we pɔsin nɔ go it? Mek wi tok abaut Pica!
Yu dɔn ɛva si yu smɔl pikin put sɔntin na dɛn mɔt, lɛk tɔys, smɔl dɔti, ɔ lif? Smɔl pikin dɛn kin rili want fɔ no mɔ ɛn dɛn kin lan bɔt di wɔl bay we dɛn de put tin dɛn na dɛn mɔt. Na nɔmal tin. Bɔt sɔm pikin dɛn de we kin it tin dɛn we nɔ fayn fɔ it ɔltɛm. Wi kin kɔl dis kɔndishɔn (Pica) na mɛdikal sayɛns. Dis na sɔntin we wi fɔ wɔri bɔt smɔl, bikɔs sɔntɛnde dis kin mek di pikin gɛt difrɛn wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm dɛn.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ Pica? Wetin rili di pikin de it?

Pikin dɛn we gɛt pica kin gɛt wan kayn we we nɔ kɔmɔn fɔ it tin dɛn we nɔ fayn fɔ it. Fɔ ɛgzampul, sɔm pikin dɛn kin it tin dɛn lɛk:
  • Soil, kle, we dɛn mek wit kle
  • Pebbles we dɛn kɔl Pebbles
  • Pepa
  • Ays kiub dɛn (insay bɔku bɔku wan) .
  • Pensil dɛn we gɛt kɔlɔ, chalk stik dɛn
  • Yu yon ia
  • Peint chips na di wɔl dɛn
  • Poop (yes, somtaims a kin tempt fo it dat stuff tu)
Yu go sɔprayz fɔ yɛri dis, bɔt dis na rial tin we kin apin to pikin dɛn. Di impɔtant tin na fɔ ɔndastand se dis nɔto sɔntin we di pikin de du bay wilful.

Us wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm dɛn we Pica kin kam wit?

Na wetin di pikin de it de sho di wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, prɔblɛm kin kam we sɔntin we nɔ fayn fɔ it kam insay di bɔdi.
  • Iron- deficiency anemia : We sɔm pikin dɛn it tin dɛn lɛk grɔn, i kin ambɔg di bɔdi in ebul fɔ tek ayɔn . Dis kin mek pɔsin gɛt anemia, we na wan sik we kin mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt blɔd .
  • Lid pɔyzin : Dis na tin we rili denja. Sɔm kayn pent dɛn we dɛn bin de yuz trade kin gɛt lid. So if pikin it sɔm pat dɛn pan pent frɔm dɛn kayn ol wɔl dɛn de, da lid de kin go insay di bɔdi (lid pɔyzin) . Dis kin rili bad to di pikin in bren divεlכpmεnt εn di nεv sεstem.
  • Kɔnstipɛshɔn ɔ dayarɛa : We yu it tin lɛk ia ɔ pat pan klos, dɛn nɔ de dayjɛst fayn. Dis kin mek yu bɛlɛ at, yu kin gɛt bɛlɛ, ɛn sɔntɛnde yu kin gɛt dayarɛa.
  • Infεkshכn na yu bכdi: We yu it tin dεm lεk grכn εn fes, di jεm , parasayt, כ wom dεm we de insay dεm kin go insay yu bεlε εn mek yu gεt infεkshכn.
  • Intestinal obstruction: Sɔntɛnde, sɔntin we yu pikin de it kin stɔp na in intestinal, we kin mek i blok. Dis na sik bak we nid fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan.
  • Injury na yu mɔt ɔ yu tit: If yu it ston ɔ shap tin, yu kin wund yu mɔt, yu tɔŋ, ɛn yu tit.
No: Nɔto ɔl dɛn tin ya kin apin to ɔl pikin. Bɔt wi fɔ mɛmba se risk de fɔ dis if (Pica) de de.

Wetin mek dis kɔndishɔn (Pica) kin apin? Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek i apin?

Dɔktɔ dɛn stil nɔ ebul fɔ no di rayt tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt pica, bɔt sɔm grup dɛn de we kin gɛt dis sik mɔ:
  • Pikin dɛm wae gɛt prɔblɛm wit dɛn divɛlɔpmɛnt: Fɔ ɛgzampul, pikin dɛm wae gɛt ɔtizm ɔr intɛlektual disabiliti kin gɛt pica.
  • Mental hεlth εshyu: Pica kin gɛt fɔ du bak wit sɔm kayn mεntal hεlth kכndyushכn, lεk obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) ɔr schizophrenia .
  • Nɔ it fayn ɔ angri: Sɔntɛnde, we di bɔdi nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ tin fɔ it, mɔ ayɔn ɔ zink, yu kin fil se yu want fɔ it strenj tin fɔ kɔmpɛns di tin dɛn we yu nɔ gɛt. I kin bi bak bikɔs we yu it tin dɛn we nɔ fayn, dat kin mek yu fil ful.
  • Stress: Dis na tin bak we rili impɔtant. Ɛspɛshali pikin dɛn we kɔmɔt na famili dɛn we po, we nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ os, we dɛn nɔ de kia fɔ, ɔ we dɛn de du bad to dɛn bɔdi ɔ maynd, kin gɛt Pica. Insay dɛn kayn tin ya, dis kin bi we fɔ mek dɛn fri dɛn strɛs ɛn tɛnsiɔn.
Pika kin mɔs si pan yɔŋ pikin dɛn ɛn uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ. Dɛn kin tek am se na nɔmal tin fɔ mek pikin dɛn put tin dɛn na dɛn mɔt te dɛn ol lɛk 2 ia so. So, if pikin dɔn pas 2 ia ɛn dɔn de it tin dɛn we nɔ fayn fɔ pas wan mɔnt, wi kin sɔprayz se dis na sik we dɛn kɔl Pica. Bɔku tɛm, dis abit kin stɔp as pikin dɛn de ol. Bɔt fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt prɔblɛm wit dɛn divɛlɔpmɛnt ɔ dɛn maynd wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm, dis kin kɔntinyu as prɔblɛm te dɛn big.

Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin no if Pika gɛt am?

If yu tink se yu pikin de it tin dɛn we nɔ fayn, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ. Dɔktɔ kin sɔprayz se yu pikin gɛt pica bikɔs ɔf dɛn tin ya:
  • If di pikin dɔn de it tin dɛn we nɔ fayn fɔ at le wan mɔnt stret.
  • dis bihayvya nכ nכmal fכ di pikin in ej כ divεlכpmεnt lεvεl (a bin tכk bifo se i nכmal fכ pikin dεm we nכ rich 2 ia fכ put tin na dεn mכt).
  • if di pikin gεt risk fכ divεlכp Pica (e.g., gכt prכblεm).
Apat frɔm dat, di dɔktɔ kin du tɛst dɛn bak lɛk:
  • Wan blɔd tɛst fɔ chɛk fɔ si if i nɔ gɛt ayɔn (anemia) ɔ ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit it.
  • Test fɔ si if di lid lɛvɛl de na di blɔd.
  • Stul test fɔ chɛk fɔ parasayt dɛn .
  • X-ray ɔ ɔda skan fɔ si wetin di pikin dɔn it ɔ if prɔblɛm de lɛk we in intestinal blok.

Aw dɛn kin trit Pika?

Nɔ mek yu fred fɔ dis. Pica na wan sik we dɛn kin trit. Dɔktɔ kin ɛp yu, as mama ɛn papa, fɔ kɔntrol ɛn stɔp dɛn bihayvya ya we gɛt fɔ du wit Pica.
  • Fɔ tich mama ɛn papa dɛn: Fɔ ɛgzampul, yu kin advays dɛn fɔ kip di tin dɛn we dɛn de it usay dɛn pikin dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ rich, yuz lɔk dɛn we pikin dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ pas, ɛn kip tin dɛn na di ɔp flɔ usay pikin dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ rich to dɛn.
  • Advays fɔ it: If di pikin nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ tin fɔ it lɛk ayɔn ɔ zink, yu kin gi am di pils ɔ srɔp dɛn we i nid. Yu kin advays dɛn bak fɔ it tin dɛn we go mek dɛn gɛt bɛtɛ it.
  • Bihayvya tɛrapi: Sɔm pikin dɛn kin nid fɔ gɛt ɛp frɔm sayɛnsman ɔ ɔda pɔsin we sabi bɔt dɛn maynd . Dɛn go tɔk to di pikin ɛn tray fɔ chenj di bad we aw i de biev tru difrɛn we dɛn.
  • Mɛrɛsin: Bɔrku tɛm, dɛn tritmɛnt ya kin kɔntrol de sik. Bɔt pan sɔm kayn bad bad kes dɛm, mɔ if ɔda ɔndalayn saykolojik prɔblɛm de (Pica), dɔktɔ dɛn kin gi mɛrɛsin bak.
De tin wae impɔtant pas ɔl na dat yu nɔr de tray fɔ fɛn sɔlv fɔ dis fɔ yusɛf, bɔt na fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

Ɔda impɔtant tin dɛn we wi fɔ no

  • If yu gɛt ɛnitin fɔ tink se yu pikin kin gɛt Pika, ɔ if yu notis ɛni sayn we de mɔna yu, duya tɔk to dɔktɔ.
  • If yu tink se yu pikin dɔn it sɔntin we bad, fɔ ɛgzampul, pent, batri, ɔ pil, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Ɔda we de fɔ du dat, na Sri Lanka, yu kin kɔl di Nashɔnal Pɔyzin Infɔmeshɔn Sɛnta - 0112 686 143 fɔ advays.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Pika na wan kɔmɔn abit fɔ yɔŋ pikin dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit fɔ it tin dɛn we pɔsin nɔ kin it. Difrɛn rizin dɛn kin de biɛn dis.
  • Dis nɔto di pikin in fɔlt. So nɔ kɔl di pikin ɔ pɔnish di pikin.
  • If yu it tin dɛn we nɔ fayn, dat kin mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm, so i nɔ fayn fɔ lɛ yu nɔ pe atɛnshɔn to dis.
  • I rili impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ fɔ advays. Dɔktɔ kin mek pɔsin no di sik kɔrɛkt wan ɛn gi am di tritmɛnt ɛn advays we i nid.
  • Mama ɛn papa fɔ pe atɛnshɔn to dɛn, fɔ lɛk dɛn, ɛn fɔ gayd dɛn fayn fayn wan rili impɔtant fɔ kɔntrol dis sik.
Wi gladi we yu bisin bɔt yu pikin. Wi op se yu go si se dis infɔmeshɔn go ɛp yu. If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn, duya nɔ shem fɔ aks dɔktɔ.
` Pica, it tin dεm we nכ fayn, pikin dεm hεlth, dεn nכ de it fayn, lid pכyzin, mεntal hεlth, divεlכpmεnt prכblεm
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Yu smɔl pikin de it tin dɛn we pɔsin nɔ go it? Mek wi tok abaut Pica!

Yu dɔn ɛva si yu smɔl pikin put sɔntin na dɛn mɔt, lɛk tɔys, smɔl dɔti, ɔ lif? Smɔl pikin dɛn kin rili want fɔ no mɔ ɛn dɛn kin lan bɔt di wɔl bay we dɛn de put tin dɛn na dɛn mɔt. Na nɔmal tin. Bɔt sɔm pikin dɛn de we kin it tin dɛn we nɔ fayn fɔ it ɔltɛm. Wi kin kɔl dis kɔndishɔn (Pica) na mɛdikal sayɛns. Dis na sɔntin we wi fɔ wɔri bɔt smɔl, bikɔs sɔntɛnde dis kin mek di pikin gɛt difrɛn wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm dɛn.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ Pica? Wetin rili di pikin de it?

Pikin dɛn we gɛt pica kin gɛt wan kayn we we nɔ kɔmɔn fɔ it tin dɛn we nɔ fayn fɔ it. Fɔ ɛgzampul, sɔm pikin dɛn kin it tin dɛn lɛk:
  • Soil, kle, we dɛn mek wit kle
  • Pebbles we dɛn kɔl Pebbles
  • Pepa
  • Ays kiub dɛn (insay bɔku bɔku wan) .
  • Pensil dɛn we gɛt kɔlɔ, chalk stik dɛn
  • Yu yon ia
  • Peint chips na di wɔl dɛn
  • Poop (yes, somtaims a kin tempt fo it dat stuff tu)
Yu go sɔprayz fɔ yɛri dis, bɔt dis na rial tin we kin apin to pikin dɛn. Di impɔtant tin na fɔ ɔndastand se dis nɔto sɔntin we di pikin de du bay wilful.

Us wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm dɛn we Pica kin kam wit?

Na wetin di pikin de it de sho di wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, prɔblɛm kin kam we sɔntin we nɔ fayn fɔ it kam insay di bɔdi.
  • Iron- deficiency anemia : We sɔm pikin dɛn it tin dɛn lɛk grɔn, i kin ambɔg di bɔdi in ebul fɔ tek ayɔn . Dis kin mek pɔsin gɛt anemia, we na wan sik we kin mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt blɔd .
  • Lid pɔyzin : Dis na tin we rili denja. Sɔm kayn pent dɛn we dɛn bin de yuz trade kin gɛt lid. So if pikin it sɔm pat dɛn pan pent frɔm dɛn kayn ol wɔl dɛn de, da lid de kin go insay di bɔdi (lid pɔyzin) . Dis kin rili bad to di pikin in bren divεlכpmεnt εn di nεv sεstem.
  • Kɔnstipɛshɔn ɔ dayarɛa : We yu it tin lɛk ia ɔ pat pan klos, dɛn nɔ de dayjɛst fayn. Dis kin mek yu bɛlɛ at, yu kin gɛt bɛlɛ, ɛn sɔntɛnde yu kin gɛt dayarɛa.
  • Infεkshכn na yu bכdi: We yu it tin dεm lεk grכn εn fes, di jεm , parasayt, כ wom dεm we de insay dεm kin go insay yu bεlε εn mek yu gεt infεkshכn.
  • Intestinal obstruction: Sɔntɛnde, sɔntin we yu pikin de it kin stɔp na in intestinal, we kin mek i blok. Dis na sik bak we nid fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan.
  • Injury na yu mɔt ɔ yu tit: If yu it ston ɔ shap tin, yu kin wund yu mɔt, yu tɔŋ, ɛn yu tit.
No: Nɔto ɔl dɛn tin ya kin apin to ɔl pikin. Bɔt wi fɔ mɛmba se risk de fɔ dis if (Pica) de de.

Wetin mek dis kɔndishɔn (Pica) kin apin? Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek i apin?

Dɔktɔ dɛn stil nɔ ebul fɔ no di rayt tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt pica, bɔt sɔm grup dɛn de we kin gɛt dis sik mɔ:
  • Pikin dɛm wae gɛt prɔblɛm wit dɛn divɛlɔpmɛnt: Fɔ ɛgzampul, pikin dɛm wae gɛt ɔtizm ɔr intɛlektual disabiliti kin gɛt pica.
  • Mental hεlth εshyu: Pica kin gɛt fɔ du bak wit sɔm kayn mεntal hεlth kכndyushכn, lεk obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) ɔr schizophrenia .
  • Nɔ it fayn ɔ angri: Sɔntɛnde, we di bɔdi nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ tin fɔ it, mɔ ayɔn ɔ zink, yu kin fil se yu want fɔ it strenj tin fɔ kɔmpɛns di tin dɛn we yu nɔ gɛt. I kin bi bak bikɔs we yu it tin dɛn we nɔ fayn, dat kin mek yu fil ful.
  • Stress: Dis na tin bak we rili impɔtant. Ɛspɛshali pikin dɛn we kɔmɔt na famili dɛn we po, we nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ os, we dɛn nɔ de kia fɔ, ɔ we dɛn de du bad to dɛn bɔdi ɔ maynd, kin gɛt Pica. Insay dɛn kayn tin ya, dis kin bi we fɔ mek dɛn fri dɛn strɛs ɛn tɛnsiɔn.
Pika kin mɔs si pan yɔŋ pikin dɛn ɛn uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ. Dɛn kin tek am se na nɔmal tin fɔ mek pikin dɛn put tin dɛn na dɛn mɔt te dɛn ol lɛk 2 ia so. So, if pikin dɔn pas 2 ia ɛn dɔn de it tin dɛn we nɔ fayn fɔ pas wan mɔnt, wi kin sɔprayz se dis na sik we dɛn kɔl Pica. Bɔku tɛm, dis abit kin stɔp as pikin dɛn de ol. Bɔt fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt prɔblɛm wit dɛn divɛlɔpmɛnt ɔ dɛn maynd wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm, dis kin kɔntinyu as prɔblɛm te dɛn big.

Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin no if Pika gɛt am?

If yu tink se yu pikin de it tin dɛn we nɔ fayn, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ. Dɔktɔ kin sɔprayz se yu pikin gɛt pica bikɔs ɔf dɛn tin ya:
  • If di pikin dɔn de it tin dɛn we nɔ fayn fɔ at le wan mɔnt stret.
  • dis bihayvya nכ nכmal fכ di pikin in ej כ divεlכpmεnt lεvεl (a bin tכk bifo se i nכmal fכ pikin dεm we nכ rich 2 ia fכ put tin na dεn mכt).
  • if di pikin gεt risk fכ divεlכp Pica (e.g., gכt prכblεm).
Apat frɔm dat, di dɔktɔ kin du tɛst dɛn bak lɛk:
  • Wan blɔd tɛst fɔ chɛk fɔ si if i nɔ gɛt ayɔn (anemia) ɔ ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit it.
  • Test fɔ si if di lid lɛvɛl de na di blɔd.
  • Stul test fɔ chɛk fɔ parasayt dɛn .
  • X-ray ɔ ɔda skan fɔ si wetin di pikin dɔn it ɔ if prɔblɛm de lɛk we in intestinal blok.

Aw dɛn kin trit Pika?

Nɔ mek yu fred fɔ dis. Pica na wan sik we dɛn kin trit. Dɔktɔ kin ɛp yu, as mama ɛn papa, fɔ kɔntrol ɛn stɔp dɛn bihayvya ya we gɛt fɔ du wit Pica.
  • Fɔ tich mama ɛn papa dɛn: Fɔ ɛgzampul, yu kin advays dɛn fɔ kip di tin dɛn we dɛn de it usay dɛn pikin dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ rich, yuz lɔk dɛn we pikin dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ pas, ɛn kip tin dɛn na di ɔp flɔ usay pikin dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ rich to dɛn.
  • Advays fɔ it: If di pikin nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ tin fɔ it lɛk ayɔn ɔ zink, yu kin gi am di pils ɔ srɔp dɛn we i nid. Yu kin advays dɛn bak fɔ it tin dɛn we go mek dɛn gɛt bɛtɛ it.
  • Bihayvya tɛrapi: Sɔm pikin dɛn kin nid fɔ gɛt ɛp frɔm sayɛnsman ɔ ɔda pɔsin we sabi bɔt dɛn maynd . Dɛn go tɔk to di pikin ɛn tray fɔ chenj di bad we aw i de biev tru difrɛn we dɛn.
  • Mɛrɛsin: Bɔrku tɛm, dɛn tritmɛnt ya kin kɔntrol de sik. Bɔt pan sɔm kayn bad bad kes dɛm, mɔ if ɔda ɔndalayn saykolojik prɔblɛm de (Pica), dɔktɔ dɛn kin gi mɛrɛsin bak.
De tin wae impɔtant pas ɔl na dat yu nɔr de tray fɔ fɛn sɔlv fɔ dis fɔ yusɛf, bɔt na fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

Ɔda impɔtant tin dɛn we wi fɔ no

  • If yu gɛt ɛnitin fɔ tink se yu pikin kin gɛt Pika, ɔ if yu notis ɛni sayn we de mɔna yu, duya tɔk to dɔktɔ.
  • If yu tink se yu pikin dɔn it sɔntin we bad, fɔ ɛgzampul, pent, batri, ɔ pil, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Ɔda we de fɔ du dat, na Sri Lanka, yu kin kɔl di Nashɔnal Pɔyzin Infɔmeshɔn Sɛnta - 0112 686 143 fɔ advays.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Pika na wan kɔmɔn abit fɔ yɔŋ pikin dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit fɔ it tin dɛn we pɔsin nɔ kin it. Difrɛn rizin dɛn kin de biɛn dis.
  • Dis nɔto di pikin in fɔlt. So nɔ kɔl di pikin ɔ pɔnish di pikin.
  • If yu it tin dɛn we nɔ fayn, dat kin mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm, so i nɔ fayn fɔ lɛ yu nɔ pe atɛnshɔn to dis.
  • I rili impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ fɔ advays. Dɔktɔ kin mek pɔsin no di sik kɔrɛkt wan ɛn gi am di tritmɛnt ɛn advays we i nid.
  • Mama ɛn papa fɔ pe atɛnshɔn to dɛn, fɔ lɛk dɛn, ɛn fɔ gayd dɛn fayn fayn wan rili impɔtant fɔ kɔntrol dis sik.
Wi gladi we yu bisin bɔt yu pikin. Wi op se yu go si se dis infɔmeshɔn go ɛp yu. If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn, duya nɔ shem fɔ aks dɔktɔ.
` Pica, it tin dεm we nכ fayn, pikin dεm hεlth, dεn nכ de it fayn, lid pכyzin, mεntal hεlth, divεlכpmεnt prכblεm
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