michaelrowley Forum Newbie
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| | 07/10/06 - 07:26 PM  
 
   
 
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hey aaaa, can you tell me what the treatment is for a women who decides to eat tons of cornstarch everyday is? it was an nbme q. is it phyciatric referal, eating d/o clinic, ssri, check her cbc, i'm not sure what to do? they say "never refer" a pt. so i didn't know what to do. the q. did say that she was aware that it is strange but couldn't help chowing down on cornstarch
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| AAAAA Forum Fanatic
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| | 07/10/06 - 08:35 PM  
 
   
 
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| ditch doctor Forum Junior
Topics: 13 Posts: 43
| | 07/14/06 - 06:01 AM  
 
   
 
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It can be a associated with iron and other nutritional deficiencies and also associated with pregnancy. However, "They" don't know if it's a cause or an effect. Emedicine says refer to psych. I dunno....
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| docofthebigapple Forum Senior

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| | 07/14/06 - 11:25 AM  
 
   
 
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We should be doing a cbc for this patient to start the inverstigations anyway. I pick do CBC. I am expecting something wrong in CBC.
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