Impilo YengqondoJulayi 16, 2026🔄 Updated: Jul 16, 2026⏱ 5 min

Ngaba umntwana wakho omncinci utya izinto ezingatyiwayo? Masithethe ngePica!

Creator: Dr. Priya Sammani
Published: 2026-07-15T22:42:53.000Z

Dr. Priya Sammani, MBBS, PG Dip. FMMedical Verification

Ngaba wakha wambona umntwana wakho efaka into emlonyeni wakhe, njengethoyi, uthuli oluncinci, okanye igqabi? Abantwana abancinci banomdla kakhulu kwaye bafunda ngehlabathi ngokufaka izinto emlonyeni wabo. Kuqhelekile. Nangona kunjalo, kukho abanye abantwana abadla rhoqo izinto ezingafanelekanga ukutyiwa. Le meko siyibiza ngokuba yiPica kwisayensi yezonyango. Le yinto ekufuneka ixhalatyelwe kancinci, kuba ngamanye amaxesha oku kunokubangela iingxaki ezahlukeneyo zempilo kumntwana.

Zithini iimpawu zePica? Yintoni kanye kanye umntwana ayityayo?

Abantwana abane-pica banomnqweno ongaqhelekanga wokutya izinto ezingafanelekanga ukutyiwa. Umzekelo, abanye abantwana batya izinto ezifana nezi:

Umhlaba, udongwe
Iingqalutye
Iphepha
Iityhubhu zomkhenkce (ngobuninzi)
Iipensele ezinemibala, iintonga zetshokhwe
Iinwele zakho
Iitships zepeyinti eludongeni
Indle (ewe, ngamanye amaxesha ndiyalingeka ukuba ndiyitye loo nto)

Usenokumangaliswa kukuva oku, kodwa le yimeko yokwenyani enokwenzeka ebantwaneni. Into ebalulekileyo kukuqonda ukuba le ayisiyonto umntwana ayenzayo ngabom.

Ziziphi iingxaki zempilo ezinokubangelwa yiPica?

Iingxaki zempilo zixhomekeke kwinto ayityayo umntwana. Ngamafutshane, iingxaki zivela xa into engafanelekanga ukuba ingatyiwa ingena emzimbeni.

I-anemia yokunqongophala kwe-iron: Xa abanye abantwana besitya izinto ezifana nomhlaba, oko kunokuphazamisana nokukwazi komzimba ukufunxa i-iron . Oku kunokukhokelela kwi-anemia, imeko apho kukho ukunqongophala kwegazi .
Ityhefu yelothe : Le yinto eyingozi kakhulu. Ezinye iintlobo zepeyinti ezazisetyenziswa ngaphambili zinokuba nelothe. Ngoko ke ukuba umntwana utya iziqwenga zepeyinti ezivela eludongeni oludala, loo ntsimbi ingangena emzimbeni (ityhefu yelothe) . Oku kuyingozi kakhulu ekuphuhlisweni kwengqondo yomntwana kunye nenkqubo yemithambo-luvo.
Ukuqhina okanye urhudo : Xa utya izinto ezifana neenwele okanye iziqwenga zelaphu, azigayi kakuhle. Oku kunokukhokelela ekuphazamisekeni kwesisu, ukuqhina, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha urhudo.
Usulelo lwamathumbu: Xa utya izinto ezifana nomhlaba kunye nendle, iintsholongwane , iiparasites, okanye iimpethu ezikuyo zinokungena esiswini sakho zibangele usulelo.
Ukuvaleka kwamathumbu: Ngamanye amaxesha, into etyiwa ngumntwana wakho inokubhajwa emathunjini, nto leyo ebangela ukuvaleka kwawo. Le yimeko efuna unyango olungxamisekileyo.
Ukulimala komlomo okanye kwamazinyo: Ukutya amatye anqabileyo okanye izinto ezibukhali kunokubangela ukwenzakala emlonyeni, elulwimini, nakumazinyo.

Yazi: Ayizizo zonke ezi zinto ezenzekayo kumntwana ngamnye. Nangona kunjalo, kufuneka sikhumbule ukuba kukho umngcipheko woku ukuba (uPica) ukho.

Kutheni le meko (iPica) isenzeka? Zithini izizathu?

Oogqirha abakakwazi ukubona unobangela we-pica, kodwa kukho amaqela ambalwa anokuba nengxaki enkulu:
Abantwana abaneengxaki zokukhula: Umzekelo, abantwana abane -autism okanye ukukhubazeka kwengqondo banamathuba amaninzi okuba ne-pica.
Iingxaki zempilo yengqondo: I-Pica inokunxulunyaniswa neemeko ezithile zempilo yengqondo, ezifana ne -obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) okanye i-schizophrenia .
Ukungondleki okanye indlala: Ngamanye amaxesha, xa umzimba ungenazo izondlo, ingakumbi i-iron okanye i-zinc, unokuba nomnqweno wokutya izinto ezingaqhelekanga ukuze ubuyisele ukungabikho kwazo. Kusenokuba kungenxa yokuba ukutya ukutya okungafanelekanga kukwenza uzive ugcwele.
Uxinzelelo: Lo ngumba obaluleke kakhulu. Ingakumbi abantwana abavela kwiintsapho ezihlala ebugxwayibeni, ezihlala emakhaya ahlwempuzekileyo, ezingakhathalelwanga, okanye ezixhatshazwayo ngokwasemzimbeni okanye ngokwengqondo banamathuba amaninzi okufumana iPica. Kwiimeko ezinjalo, oku kungaba yindlela yokuba bakhulule uxinzelelo lwabo kunye noxinzelelo.
I-Pica idla ngokubonakala kubantwana abancinci nakubasetyhini abakhulelweyo. Kuthathwa njengesiqhelo ukuba abantwana bafake izinto emlonyeni wabo bade babe neminyaka emi-2 ubudala. Ngoko ke, ukuba umntwana uneminyaka engaphezu kwemi-2 ubudala kwaye ebesitya ukutya okungafanelekanga ixesha elingaphezu kwenyanga, sicinga ukuba le yimeko ebizwa ngokuba yi-Pica. Kwiimeko ezininzi, lo mkhwa uyancipha njengoko abantwana bekhula. Nangona kunjalo, kwabo baneengxaki zokukhula okanye iingxaki zempilo yengqondo, oku kunokuqhubeka njengengxaki baze babe ngabantu abadala.
Oogqirha bayixilonga njani iPica?
Ukuba ukrokrela ukuba umntwana wakho utya ukutya okungafanelekanga, ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kufuneka ubone ugqirha. Ugqirha usenokukrokrela ukuba une-pica ngokusekelwe koku kulandelayo:
Ukuba umntwana ebesitya ukutya okungenampilo ubuncinane inyanga ilandelelana.
Le ndlela yokuziphatha ayiqhelekanga ngokweminyaka yomntwana okanye kwinqanaba lokukhula kwakhe . (Nditshilo ngaphambili ukuba kuqhelekile ukuba abantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka emi-2 bafake izinto emlonyeni wabo).
Ukuba umntwana unezinto ezinokubangela ukuba abe nePica (umz., iingxaki zokukhula).
Ukongeza, ugqirha angenza iimvavanyo ezifana nezi:
Uvavanyo lwegazi ukujonga ukungabikho kwe-iron (i-anemia) okanye ezinye iingxaki zesondlo.
Uvavanyo lwamanqanaba elothe egazini.
Uvavanyo lwendle ukujonga iintsholongwane .
Ii-X-reyi okanye ezinye iiskeni ukuze kubonwe ukuba umntwana utye ntoni okanye ukuba kukho ingxaki efana nokuvaleka kwamathumbu.
Iphathwa njani iPica?
Musa ukoyika oku. I-Pica yimeko enokunyangeka. Oogqirha banokukunceda, njengabazali, ukulawula nokuyeka ezi ndlela zokuziphatha ezinxulumene ne-Pica.
Ukufundisa abazali: Umzekelo, ungabacebisa ukuba bagcine izinto abazityayo kude nabantwana babo, basebenzise izitshixo ezingangeni bantwana, baze bagcine izinto zabo kumgangatho ophezulu apho abantwana bangenakukwazi ukufikelela khona.
Ingcebiso ngesondlo: Ukuba umntwana unesondlo esinqongopheleyo njenge-iron okanye i-zinc, ungamnika iipilisi okanye isiraphu ezifunekayo. Ungamcebisa nangokutya okunesondlo esifanelekileyo.
Unyango lokuziphatha: Abanye abantwana banokufuna uncedo lwengcali yezengqondo okanye olunye uchwephesha lwezempilo yengqondo . Baza kuthetha nomntwana baze bazame ukutshintsha le ndlela ingafanelekanga yokuziphatha ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo.
Amayeza: Kwiimeko ezininzi, olu nyango lunokulawula imeko. Nangona kunjalo, kwezinye iimeko ezinzima, ingakumbi ukuba kukho enye ingxaki yengqondo efihlakeleyo (iPica), oogqirha banokunika amayeza.
Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukuba ungazami ukufumana izisombululo koku wedwa, kodwa funa iingcebiso zonyango.
Ezinye izinto ezibalulekileyo ekufuneka uzazi
Ukuba unesikrokro sokuba umntwana wakho usenokuba nePica, okanye ukuba ubona naziphi na iimpawu ezikukhathazayo, nceda uthethe nogqirha.
Ukuba ucinga ukuba umntwana wakho utye into enobungozi, umzekelo ipeyinti, ibhetri, okanye ipilisi, funa uncedo lwezonyango ngoko nangoko. Okanye, eSri Lanka, ungatsalela umnxeba iNational Poisons Information Centre - 0112 686 143 ukuze ufumane ingcebiso.
Okokugqibela, izinto ekufuneka uzikhumbule (Umyalezo Wokuya Ekhaya)
I-Pica ngumkhwa oqhelekileyo phakathi kwabantwana abancinci oquka ukutya izinto ezingatyiwayo. Kunokubakho izizathu ezahlukeneyo emva koku.
Asikuko oku okubangela umntwana ukuba angabi natyala. Ngoko ke musa ukumthethisa okanye ukumjezisa umntwana.
Ukutya ukutya okungenampilo kunokubangela iingxaki zempilo, ngoko ke akulunganga ukungayinaki le nto.
Kubalulekile ukufuna ingcebiso kagqirha. Ugqirha angenza uxilongo oluchanekileyo aze anike unyango olufunekayo kunye neengcebiso.
Ingqalelo yabazali, uthando, kunye nesikhokelo esifanelekileyo zibaluleke kakhulu ekulawuleni le meko.
Siyayixabisa inkxalabo yakho ngomntwana wakho. Siyathemba ukuba olu lwazi luza kukunceda. Ukuba unemibuzo, nceda ungathandabuzi ukubuza ugqirha.
I- Pica, ukutya ukutya okungafanelekanga, impilo yabantwana, ukunqongophala kwesondlo, ityhefu yelothe, impilo yengqondo, iingxaki zokukhula

⚠️ Important: The medical articles and information on Nirogi Lanka are for general awareness only, and are by no means a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. For any medical problem you have, consult a qualified physician immediately.

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Impilo YengqondoJulayi 16, 2026
Ngaba umntwana wakho omncinci utya izinto ezingatyiwayo? Masithethe ngePica!
Dr. Priya SammaniMedical Verification
⏱ 5 min read
📋Table of Contents
1. Zithini iimpawu zePica? Yintoni kanye kanye umntwana ayityayo?
2. Ziziphi iingxaki zempilo ezinokubangelwa yiPica?
3. Kutheni le meko (iPica) isenzeka? Zithini izizathu?
4. Oogqirha bayixilonga njani iPica?
5. Iphathwa njani iPica?
6. Ezinye izinto ezibalulekileyo ekufuneka uzazi
7. Okokugqibela, izinto ekufuneka uzikhumbule (Umyalezo Wokuya Ekhaya)
Ngaba wakha wambona umntwana wakho efaka into emlonyeni wakhe, njengethoyi, uthuli oluncinci, okanye igqabi? Abantwana abancinci banomdla kakhulu kwaye bafunda ngehlabathi ngokufaka izinto emlonyeni wabo. Kuqhelekile. Nangona kunjalo, kukho abanye abantwana abadla rhoqo izinto ezingafanelekanga ukutyiwa. Le meko siyibiza ngokuba yiPica kwisayensi yezonyango. Le yinto ekufuneka ixhalatyelwe kancinci, kuba ngamanye amaxesha oku kunokubangela iingxaki ezahlukeneyo zempilo kumntwana.
Zithini iimpawu zePica? Yintoni kanye kanye umntwana ayityayo?
Abantwana abane-pica banomnqweno ongaqhelekanga wokutya izinto ezingafanelekanga ukutyiwa. Umzekelo, abanye abantwana batya izinto ezifana nezi:
Umhlaba, udongwe
Iingqalutye
Iphepha
Iityhubhu zomkhenkce (ngobuninzi)
Iipensele ezinemibala, iintonga zetshokhwe
Iinwele zakho
Iitships zepeyinti eludongeni
Indle (ewe, ngamanye amaxesha ndiyalingeka ukuba ndiyitye loo nto)
Usenokumangaliswa kukuva oku, kodwa le yimeko yokwenyani enokwenzeka ebantwaneni. Into ebalulekileyo kukuqonda ukuba le ayisiyonto umntwana ayenzayo ngabom.
Ziziphi iingxaki zempilo ezinokubangelwa yiPica?
Iingxaki zempilo zixhomekeke kwinto ayityayo umntwana. Ngamafutshane, iingxaki zivela xa into engafanelekanga ukuba ingatyiwa ingena emzimbeni.
I-anemia yokunqongophala kwe-iron: Xa abanye abantwana besitya izinto ezifana nomhlaba, oko kunokuphazamisana nokukwazi komzimba ukufunxa i-iron . Oku kunokukhokelela kwi-anemia, imeko apho kukho ukunqongophala kwegazi .
Ityhefu yelothe : Le yinto eyingozi kakhulu. Ezinye iintlobo zepeyinti ezazisetyenziswa ngaphambili zinokuba nelothe. Ngoko ke ukuba umntwana utya iziqwenga zepeyinti ezivela eludongeni oludala, loo ntsimbi ingangena emzimbeni (ityhefu yelothe) . Oku kuyingozi kakhulu ekuphuhlisweni kwengqondo yomntwana kunye nenkqubo yemithambo-luvo.
Ukuqhina okanye urhudo : Xa utya izinto ezifana neenwele okanye iziqwenga zelaphu, azigayi kakuhle. Oku kunokukhokelela ekuphazamisekeni kwesisu, ukuqhina, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha urhudo.
Usulelo lwamathumbu: Xa utya izinto ezifana nomhlaba kunye nendle, iintsholongwane , iiparasites, okanye iimpethu ezikuyo zinokungena esiswini sakho zibangele usulelo.
Ukuvaleka kwamathumbu: Ngamanye amaxesha, into etyiwa ngumntwana wakho inokubhajwa emathunjini, nto leyo ebangela ukuvaleka kwawo. Le yimeko efuna unyango olungxamisekileyo.
Ukulimala komlomo okanye kwamazinyo: Ukutya amatye anqabileyo okanye izinto ezibukhali kunokubangela ukwenzakala emlonyeni, elulwimini, nakumazinyo.
Yazi: Ayizizo zonke ezi zinto ezenzekayo kumntwana ngamnye. Nangona kunjalo, kufuneka sikhumbule ukuba kukho umngcipheko woku ukuba (uPica) ukho.
Kutheni le meko (iPica) isenzeka? Zithini izizathu?
Oogqirha abakakwazi ukubona unobangela we-pica, kodwa kukho amaqela ambalwa anokuba nengxaki enkulu:
Abantwana abaneengxaki zokukhula: Umzekelo, abantwana abane -autism okanye ukukhubazeka kwengqondo banamathuba amaninzi okuba ne-pica.
Iingxaki zempilo yengqondo: I-Pica inokunxulunyaniswa neemeko ezithile zempilo yengqondo, ezifana ne -obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) okanye i-schizophrenia .
Ukungondleki okanye indlala: Ngamanye amaxesha, xa umzimba ungenazo izondlo, ingakumbi i-iron okanye i-zinc, unokuba nomnqweno wokutya izinto ezingaqhelekanga ukuze ubuyisele ukungabikho kwazo. Kusenokuba kungenxa yokuba ukutya ukutya okungafanelekanga kukwenza uzive ugcwele.
Uxinzelelo: Lo ngumba obaluleke kakhulu. Ingakumbi abantwana abavela kwiintsapho ezihlala ebugxwayibeni, ezihlala emakhaya ahlwempuzekileyo, ezingakhathalelwanga, okanye ezixhatshazwayo ngokwasemzimbeni okanye ngokwengqondo banamathuba amaninzi okufumana iPica. Kwiimeko ezinjalo, oku kungaba yindlela yokuba bakhulule uxinzelelo lwabo kunye noxinzelelo.
I-Pica idla ngokubonakala kubantwana abancinci nakubasetyhini abakhulelweyo. Kuthathwa njengesiqhelo ukuba abantwana bafake izinto emlonyeni wabo bade babe neminyaka emi-2 ubudala. Ngoko ke, ukuba umntwana uneminyaka engaphezu kwemi-2 ubudala kwaye ebesitya ukutya okungafanelekanga ixesha elingaphezu kwenyanga, sicinga ukuba le yimeko ebizwa ngokuba yi-Pica. Kwiimeko ezininzi, lo mkhwa uyancipha njengoko abantwana bekhula. Nangona kunjalo, kwabo baneengxaki zokukhula okanye iingxaki zempilo yengqondo, oku kunokuqhubeka njengengxaki baze babe ngabantu abadala.
Oogqirha bayixilonga njani iPica?
Ukuba ukrokrela ukuba umntwana wakho utya ukutya okungafanelekanga, ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kufuneka ubone ugqirha. Ugqirha usenokukrokrela ukuba une-pica ngokusekelwe koku kulandelayo:
Ukuba umntwana ebesitya ukutya okungenampilo ubuncinane inyanga ilandelelana.
Le ndlela yokuziphatha ayiqhelekanga ngokweminyaka yomntwana okanye kwinqanaba lokukhula kwakhe . (Nditshilo ngaphambili ukuba kuqhelekile ukuba abantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka emi-2 bafake izinto emlonyeni wabo).
Ukuba umntwana unezinto ezinokubangela ukuba abe nePica (umz., iingxaki zokukhula).
Ukongeza, ugqirha angenza iimvavanyo ezifana nezi:
Uvavanyo lwegazi ukujonga ukungabikho kwe-iron (i-anemia) okanye ezinye iingxaki zesondlo.
Uvavanyo lwamanqanaba elothe egazini.
Uvavanyo lwendle ukujonga iintsholongwane .
Ii-X-reyi okanye ezinye iiskeni ukuze kubonwe ukuba umntwana utye ntoni okanye ukuba kukho ingxaki efana nokuvaleka kwamathumbu.
Iphathwa njani iPica?
Musa ukoyika oku. I-Pica yimeko enokunyangeka. Oogqirha banokukunceda, njengabazali, ukulawula nokuyeka ezi ndlela zokuziphatha ezinxulumene ne-Pica.
Ukufundisa abazali: Umzekelo, ungabacebisa ukuba bagcine izinto abazityayo kude nabantwana babo, basebenzise izitshixo ezingangeni bantwana, baze bagcine izinto zabo kumgangatho ophezulu apho abantwana bangenakukwazi ukufikelela khona.
Ingcebiso ngesondlo: Ukuba umntwana unesondlo esinqongopheleyo njenge-iron okanye i-zinc, ungamnika iipilisi okanye isiraphu ezifunekayo. Ungamcebisa nangokutya okunesondlo esifanelekileyo.
Unyango lokuziphatha: Abanye abantwana banokufuna uncedo lwengcali yezengqondo okanye olunye uchwephesha lwezempilo yengqondo . Baza kuthetha nomntwana baze bazame ukutshintsha le ndlela ingafanelekanga yokuziphatha ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo.
Amayeza: Kwiimeko ezininzi, olu nyango lunokulawula imeko. Nangona kunjalo, kwezinye iimeko ezinzima, ingakumbi ukuba kukho enye ingxaki yengqondo efihlakeleyo (iPica), oogqirha banokunika amayeza.
Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukuba ungazami ukufumana izisombululo koku wedwa, kodwa funa iingcebiso zonyango.
Ezinye izinto ezibalulekileyo ekufuneka uzazi
Ukuba unesikrokro sokuba umntwana wakho usenokuba nePica, okanye ukuba ubona naziphi na iimpawu ezikukhathazayo, nceda uthethe nogqirha.
Ukuba ucinga ukuba umntwana wakho utye into enobungozi, umzekelo ipeyinti, ibhetri, okanye ipilisi, funa uncedo lwezonyango ngoko nangoko. Okanye, eSri Lanka, ungatsalela umnxeba iNational Poisons Information Centre - 0112 686 143 ukuze ufumane ingcebiso.
Okokugqibela, izinto ekufuneka uzikhumbule (Umyalezo Wokuya Ekhaya)
I-Pica ngumkhwa oqhelekileyo phakathi kwabantwana abancinci oquka ukutya izinto ezingatyiwayo. Kunokubakho izizathu ezahlukeneyo emva koku.
Asikuko oku okubangela umntwana ukuba angabi natyala. Ngoko ke musa ukumthethisa okanye ukumjezisa umntwana.
Ukutya ukutya okungenampilo kunokubangela iingxaki zempilo, ngoko ke akulunganga ukungayinaki le nto.
Kubalulekile ukufuna ingcebiso kagqirha. Ugqirha angenza uxilongo oluchanekileyo aze anike unyango olufunekayo kunye neengcebiso.
Ingqalelo yabazali, uthando, kunye nesikhokelo esifanelekileyo zibaluleke kakhulu ekulawuleni le meko.
Siyayixabisa inkxalabo yakho ngomntwana wakho. Siyathemba ukuba olu lwazi luza kukunceda. Ukuba unemibuzo, nceda ungathandabuzi ukubuza ugqirha.
I- Pica, ukutya ukutya okungafanelekanga, impilo yabantwana, ukunqongophala kwesondlo, ityhefu yelothe, impilo yengqondo, iingxaki zokukhula
⚠️ Important: The medical articles and information on Nirogi Lanka are for general awareness only, and are by no means a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. For any medical problem you have, consult a qualified physician immediately.
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