Once the patient has recovered from surgery, a consultation is made with a psychiatrist to evaluate the individual. Close monitoring of the patient is necessary. Many individuals continue to persist with this bizarre eating habit even after surgery.
While pica is common in childhood and occasionally there may be just one episode, there are developmentally delayed children who do persist with this eating habit. The treatment of pica is behavior management.
Close supervision is required of children known to put things in their mouth. Unfortunately developmentally disturbed children fare well with psychotherapy and many require medications. Healthy adults generally recover spontaneously or with some type of behavior management.
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