I can tell you for a fact, your ice chewing cravings is due to the anemia. I could have my periods for months at a time, then after I had my son i was severely anemic. Fortunately I'm not anymore, but while I was and was being treated by a hematologist he told me that a lot of anemic's tend to crave chewing ice. I'm not certain of how few or how many, but that's what the doctor told me.
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