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Eating feces

MedGen UID:
3609
•Concept ID:
C0009983
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Coprophagia; Coprophagy
SNOMED CT: Eating feces (53644008); Coprophagy (53644008)

Definition

The deliberate ingestion of feces. It is considered a form of pica. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVEating feces

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment of Pediatric Infections Attributable to Ingestion of Fecally Contaminated Domestic Soils in Low-Income Urban Maputo, Mozambique.
Capone D, Bivins A, Knee J, Cumming O, Nalá R, Brown J
Environ Sci Technol 2021 Feb 2;55(3):1941-1952. Epub 2021 Jan 20 doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c06972. PMID: 33472364Free PMC Article
Assessment of the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and associated habit and culture-related risk factors among primary schoolchildren in Debre Berhan town, Northeast Ethiopia.
Hailu GG, Ayele ET
BMC Public Health 2021 Jan 9;21(1):112. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-10148-y. PMID: 33422051Free PMC Article
Diaper dermatitis: etiology, manifestations, prevention, and management.
Stamatas GN, Tierney NK
Pediatr Dermatol 2014 Jan-Feb;31(1):1-7. Epub 2013 Nov 14 doi: 10.1111/pde.12245. PMID: 24224482

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Dietary influences in the preferences of pre-weanling Long-Evans rats for the anal excreta of adult males.
Brown RE
Physiol Behav 1983 Jul;31(1):73-8. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(83)90098-7. PMID: 6685320

Diagnosis

Malingering uncommon psychiatric symptoms among defendants charged under California's "three strikes and you're out" law.
Jaffe ME, Sharma KK
J Forensic Sci 1998 May;43(3):549-55. PMID: 9608690

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