Vitamin A deficiency

Lack of vitamin A in the body can cause a disease known as night blindness or even lead to permanent blindness.

Other symptoms of vitamin A deficiency are hardening of the lining of the lungs, intestines and urinary tract, as well as increased skin susceptibility to infections such as mycoses.

In some cases the anemia can be explained by the lack of vitamin A in the diet and in these cases the increase in the intake of foods rich in vitamin A is a strategy to treat the anemia and not properly the ingestion of larger quantities of foods rich in iron.

Treatment for vitamin A deficiency and relief of symptoms is based on the administration of vitamin supplementation, and the prevention of the deficiency is done with a varied diet.