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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.
Your body does overreact as an immobilization response. Ice tones down the inflammatory response which prevents unnecessary excess swelling. The answer that ice increases circulation is correct but it also means you have left it on too long. That's why they never recommend leaving it on for too long as the body initiates the hunter reaction to try to prevent frostbite. So ice doesn't actually heal injury but rather prevents extra damage.