I had to google the name
but the disease is the craving to eat non foodstuffs during pregnancy, eg coal or chalk.
(berk, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:36, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Magpies are my favourite birds
and the name is hilarious.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:38, Reply)

Hah
magpies shoot lightning from their cheeks.
( Kroney, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:39, Reply)

I did not know that was their latin name
it makes them sound like a type of pokemon.
(berk, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:44, Reply)

Ooh, and it also happens in some cases of anaemia.
I found it when I was convinced I had anaemia. I used to love convincing myself I was ill.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:44, Reply)

That's one of the great pitfalls of studying the biological sciences
you're permanently convinced you have this, that or the other weird symptom which means you have this, that or the other weird disease. I convinced myself I had a myelodysplastic syndrome once.
(berk, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:46, Reply)