xerophthalmia

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• The cornea becomes dull and pitted as in xerophthalmia. Chapter 23
• Of these, 9 children had overt vitamin A deficiency as evident by the presence of xerophthalmia.
• Vitamin A deficiency in humans, as well as rats, was later shown to produce serious eye damage (xerophthalmia) and it remains a major cause of blindness in the Third World. The Nobel Prize and the Discovery of Vitamins
• Whole milk, eggs, and liver are also rich in vitamin A. · If the child is not likely to get these foods, or if he is developing signs of night blindness or xerophthalmia, give him vitamin A, 200,000 units (60 mg. retinol, in capsule or liquid) once every 6 months. Chapter 23
• The abundant vitamin A contained in these foods can prevent vision decline and eye diseases like coronal dryness, night blindness and xerophthalmia, another form of dryness in the eye.
• Children with measles are at especially high risk of xerophthalmia, and should be given vitamin A when the illness begins. Chapter 31
• People deficient in retinoids suffer night blindness and dryness of the eyes (xerophthalmia). The Antioxidant Health Plan
• Vitamin A (retinol) - for night blindness and xerophthalmia Chapter 31
• Measles increases the con-sumption of vitamin A and often precipitates xerophthalmia. Chapter 13
• In the early 1990s, results from observational studies showed an increased mortality among children with clinical xerophthalmia.