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All About Pica. Eating and desiring ice is directly tied to another behavioral symptom of iron deficiency, a strange appetite disorder called pica. Whenever it surfaces, pica fills you with the desire to ingest substances that normally aren't viewed as food. Paper, wood, and dirt are regularly gnawed on by sufferers.
Report Abuse. I used to crave ice BIG TIME-then it was accidentally discovered I was very anemic. And yes, the technical term for weird ice cravings is pica. Doc put me on iron tabs for a couple of months and rechecked my hemoglobin and it was back up where it should be. And yes, magically, the ice cravings went away.