gorgee
07-11-2008, 10:32 AM
My sister is 29, and craving salt by the spoonfuls. She was eating it last night from my salt shaker, and was asking me if I had any coarse salt, like rock salt that she could eat. I am worried about her, and I am trying to get her in to see my doctor. I would love any help and advice anybody could give. What could this mean?
Thank you,
Kassandra
Thank you,
Kassandra
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twokatss
07-11-2008, 10:40 AM
She could be dehydrated. Has she been ill lately or sweating alot.
Sometimes if you have had a "BUG" you crave salt.
And then some people crave salty and not sweet things.
Sometimes if you have had a "BUG" you crave salt.
And then some people crave salty and not sweet things.
pinkpixies
07-11-2008, 03:38 PM
When I'm purging a lot...I start craving salt bad...will eat things I don't normally eat...
midwest1
07-12-2008, 04:02 AM
Salt craving can indicate something as simple as various mineral deficiencies, but it can also be from very serious disorders like adrenal exhaustion. Salt cravings have also been linked to serious health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and sickle cell anemia. If she hasn't always craved salt to this degree and if it's a more recent thing, she needs to see a doctor to rule out the serious stuff.
Seraph
07-12-2008, 05:22 AM
If it is sudden and a big issue, she may have Addison's disease. See a doctor ASAP. Sera
gorgee
07-12-2008, 06:30 AM
Thank you all, yes, this is sudden thing, it came up over the last couple of days. I got her an appt. for my doctor to see her on Tuesday, but should she been seen earlier? She could go to the walk in clinic or er. She also craves crunchy, like ice, but she would like to eat rock salt out of the bag I would use on my driveway in the winter, but I wont let her.
I have read about addisons, and the others. She is taking her hand and filling it with salt and dumping it in her mouth, like you would peanuts. It is weird, but I am not going to let her no see a doctor, people from downeast can be very stuborrn and let it go, but I have made an appt. so we will see.
I thank you all for your help and would love more, so I can show her, she is staying with me for the weekend.
Thanks again.
Kassandra
I have read about addisons, and the others. She is taking her hand and filling it with salt and dumping it in her mouth, like you would peanuts. It is weird, but I am not going to let her no see a doctor, people from downeast can be very stuborrn and let it go, but I have made an appt. so we will see.
I thank you all for your help and would love more, so I can show her, she is staying with me for the weekend.
Thanks again.
Kassandra
midwest1
07-12-2008, 11:32 AM
From what I know about adrenals/Addison's - and it's only a little - seeing the doc on Tuesday is probably fine. I don't think it's an emergency situation, but why don't you post the question on the Addison's Disease Healthboard just to be sure, if you don't get the answer here.
Let us know what happens, OK?
Let us know what happens, OK?
pinkpixies
07-13-2008, 06:55 PM
I believe I read that craving ice is a sign of anemia.
AuntieLeela
07-13-2008, 10:28 PM
Craving and eating things like salt, ice or even clay or chalk, is called Pica.
pinkpixies
07-13-2008, 11:20 PM
Pica is eating non food items. Salt and ice are food. (or well, water and a mineral that we all need.)
AuntieLeela
07-14-2008, 03:20 PM
Generally Pica is a craving for something not normally considered nutritive - but the item/s craved could be nearly anything. A pregnant woman craving pickles and ice cream is considered Pica.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cm&partid=255
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cm&partid=255