strange...

ok...so I admit to using Wikipedia more often than I should, and for very irrelevant things. but most of the stuff I'm looking for, there's only limited stuff I can find on Wikipedia...for example, the difference between acute and chronic renal failure. I took AGES to look that one up for some reason. and I'm still not too sure...ugh.

anyway, while I was looking up 'stuff' on Wiki, came across this 'interesting' page...


Pica (disorder)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pica is an appetite for non-nutritive substances (e.g., coal, soil, chalk, paper etc.) or an abnormal appetite for some things that may be considered foods, such as food ingredients (e.g., flour, raw potato, starch).[1] In order for these actions to be considered pica, they must persist for more than one month, at an age where eating such objects is considered developmentally inappropriate. The condition's name comes from the Latin word for the magpie, a bird which is reputed to eat almost anything. Pica is seen in all ages, particularly in pregnant women and small children, especially among children who are developmentally disabled, where it is the most common eating disorder.
Pica in children, while common, can be dangerous. Children eating painted plaster containing lead may suffer brain damage from lead poisoning. There is a similar risk from eating dirt near roads that existed prior to the phaseout of tetra-ethyl lead in gasoline or prior to the cessation of the use of contaminated oil (either used, or containing toxic PCBs or dioxin) to settle dust. In addition to poisoning, there is also a much greater risk of gastro-intestinal obstruction or tearing in the stomach. This is also true in animals. Another risk of dirt eating is the possible ingestion of animal feces and the accompanying parasites.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(disorder)


right...I don't think I quite wanted to know that...=S

well. today...strange weather to start off the day, my strange decision to go for a walk in the crazy wind, then...no more strange things. (oh, if you count jen jen's er...strange sound? =P) haven't really done much study...ah, I know one more - my strange dinners. haha.


definition of strange from Wiktionary:
Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/strange


haha.

today I did my LAST CAL TEST of my Med Sch life!!! I didn't fare that well...haha. realised I really need to work on my Physiology!!! esp renal physiology! (sorry to those who aren't sciency! this post has become a very 'technical' or 'medical' entry...heh.) but yeah...I passed cos I could do the Anatomy part of it. =D but...I'm struggling with acid-base disturbances...nooooo.....

Ineedtoresistthe...temptation...helpme...

right. I think that's the end of my extended break...

*eyes trot back to books...*