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Vitamin A Deficiency
Aka: Vitamin A Deficiency
- See Also
- Vitamin A
- Causes
- Diets lacking Vitamin A (see Vitamin A for sources)
- Alcoholism
- Liver Disease
- Fat malabsorption (or bile flow disorder)
- Vitamin A is a fat soluble Vitamin
- Signs
- Decreased Visual Acuity
- Night Blindness
- Retinal deterioration
- Blindness (leading cause of preventable childhood blindness worldwide)
- Dry bulbar Conjunctiva
- Bitot's Spots
- Small foamy white or gray Plaques under Conjunctiva
- Corneal Ulceration
- Endophthalmitis
- Skin Hyperkeratosis
- Skin dryness
- Management
- Precautions
- Narrow spectrum between therapeutic doses and liver toxicity
- Avoid excessive intake of Vitamin A
- Replacement protocol for Vitamin A Deficiency
- Initial
- Vitamin A 100,000 units IM daily for 3 days
- Next
- Vitamin A 50,000 units IM daily for 14 days
- Next
- Vitamin A 10,000 to 20,000 units orally daily for 2 months
- References
- Jhun et al. in Herbert (2016) EM:Rap 16(9): 8-10