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Geophagia

MedGen UID:
115912
Concept ID:
C0232480
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonym: Geophagy
SNOMED CT: Geophagia (5917004)
 
HPO: HP:0025062

Definition

The practice of eating earth or soil-like substrates such as clay or chalk. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVGeophagia

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Ekosse GI, Nkeng GE, Bukalo N, Oyebanjo O
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021 Aug 5;18(16) doi: 10.3390/ijerph18168315. PMID: 34444064Free PMC Article
Kortei NK, Koryo-Dabrah A, Akonor PT, Manaphraim NYB, Ayim-Akonor M, Boadi NO, Essuman EK, Tettey C
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2020 Mar 14;20(1):160. doi: 10.1186/s12884-020-02857-4. PMID: 32169034Free PMC Article
Cavdar AO, Arcasoy A, Cin S, Gümüs H
Haematologica 1980 Jun;65(3):403-8. PMID: 6778796

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Ellwanger JH, Ziliotto M, Kulmann-Leal B, Chies JAB
Parasitol Res 2022 Dec;121(12):3381-3392. Epub 2022 Oct 19 doi: 10.1007/s00436-022-07697-z. PMID: 36258094
Yamamoto SS, Premji SS, Nyanza EC, Jahanpour O; MiGHT collaborators
Appetite 2019 Nov 1;142:104328. Epub 2019 Jun 22 doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2019.104328. PMID: 31238080
Gavin PJ, Kazacos KR, Shulman ST
Clin Microbiol Rev 2005 Oct;18(4):703-18. doi: 10.1128/CMR.18.4.703-718.2005. PMID: 16223954Free PMC Article
Murray WJ, Kazacos KR
Clin Infect Dis 2004 Nov 15;39(10):1484-92. Epub 2004 Oct 27 doi: 10.1086/425364. PMID: 15546085
Iddawela DR, Kumarasiri PV, de Wijesundera MS
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2003 Mar;34(1):7-15. PMID: 12971508

Diagnosis

Schnitzler E
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2022 Aug;22(8):531-536. Epub 2022 Jun 8 doi: 10.1007/s11910-022-01218-2. PMID: 35674869
McNaughten B, Bourke T, Thompson A
Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed 2017 Oct;102(5):226-229. Epub 2017 May 9 doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312121. PMID: 28487433
Mehta P, Boyd Z, Cully B
Pediatr Radiol 2010 Nov;40(11):1834-6. Epub 2010 Apr 17 doi: 10.1007/s00247-010-1625-7. PMID: 20411256
Gavin PJ, Kazacos KR, Shulman ST
Clin Microbiol Rev 2005 Oct;18(4):703-18. doi: 10.1128/CMR.18.4.703-718.2005. PMID: 16223954Free PMC Article
Murray WJ, Kazacos KR
Clin Infect Dis 2004 Nov 15;39(10):1484-92. Epub 2004 Oct 27 doi: 10.1086/425364. PMID: 15546085

Therapy

Üblagger D, Auer H, Bezakova M, Kirchlechner V
Parasitol Res 2024 Jan 17;123(1):99. doi: 10.1007/s00436-024-08119-y. PMID: 38228848Free PMC Article
Pain S, Fauconneau B, Bouquet E, Vasse-Terrier L, Pérault-Pochat MC
Eat Weight Disord 2019 Apr;24(2):379-381. Epub 2018 Sep 25 doi: 10.1007/s40519-018-0583-1. PMID: 30255289
Freeland-Graves JH, Sanjeevi N, Lee JJ
J Trace Elem Med Biol 2015;31:135-41. Epub 2014 May 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2014.04.006. PMID: 24912973
Cavdar AO, Arcasoy A, Cin S, Gümüs H
Haematologica 1980 Jun;65(3):403-8. PMID: 6778796
Cavdar AO, Arcasoy A
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1972 Apr;11(4):215-23. doi: 10.1177/000992287201100408. PMID: 4554350

Prognosis

Danjou A, Patel M, Espina C, Pentz A, Joffe M, Winde F, Schüz J
S Afr Med J 2019 Apr 29;109(5):340-346. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i5.13538. PMID: 31131802
Shivoga WA, Moturi WN
J Infect Dev Ctries 2009 Mar 1;3(2):94-8. doi: 10.3855/jidc.55. PMID: 19755737
Young SL, Goodman D, Farag TH, Ali SM, Khatib MR, Khalfan SS, Tielsch JM, Stoltzfus RJ
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2007 Aug;101(8):766-72. Epub 2007 Jun 12 doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.04.016. PMID: 17568644Free PMC Article
Gavin PJ, Kazacos KR, Shulman ST
Clin Microbiol Rev 2005 Oct;18(4):703-18. doi: 10.1128/CMR.18.4.703-718.2005. PMID: 16223954Free PMC Article
Ilhan Y, Cifter C, Doğru O, Akkuş MA
Acta Chir Belg 1999 May-Jun;99(3):130-1. PMID: 10427348

Clinical prediction guides

Kwong LH, Ercumen A, Pickering AJ, Unicomb L, Davis J, Leckie JO, Luby SP
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 2021 Feb;31(1):82-93. Epub 2019 Oct 31 doi: 10.1038/s41370-019-0177-7. PMID: 31673039Free PMC Article
Yamamoto SS, Premji SS, Nyanza EC, Jahanpour O; MiGHT collaborators
Appetite 2019 Nov 1;142:104328. Epub 2019 Jun 22 doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2019.104328. PMID: 31238080
Pain S, Fauconneau B, Bouquet E, Vasse-Terrier L, Pérault-Pochat MC
Eat Weight Disord 2019 Apr;24(2):379-381. Epub 2018 Sep 25 doi: 10.1007/s40519-018-0583-1. PMID: 30255289
Grigsby RK, Thyer BA, Waller RJ, Johnston GA Jr
South Med J 1999 Feb;92(2):190-2. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199902000-00005. PMID: 10071665
Ronaghy HA, Halsted JA
Am J Clin Nutr 1975 Aug;28(8):831-6. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/28.8.831. PMID: 1146741

Recent systematic reviews

Abu BAZ, Morrissey A, Wu Y, Castillo DA, Becker R, Wu T, Fiscella K, Gill S, Xiao J
BMC Oral Health 2025 Jan 3;25(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s12903-024-05371-7. PMID: 39754099Free PMC Article

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