Guangzhou daily news reports, according to the British media, a 16 year old Australian teenager has eaten chicken and chips as the staple food, leading to malnutrition and rapid decline in vision until the eyes are close to blindness. Doctors found that the reason why teenagers suffer from poor eyesight is the lack of vitamin A due to partial eclipse.
Sean Moore, a teenager living in Perth, Australia, which has rapidly deteriorated from 14 years of age until it is close to blindness this year. Sean's mother, Kerry Moore, took her son to visit ophthalmologists and pediatricians, but he could not find the reason why Sean's eyesight was failing.
a pediatrician told Kerrey that Sean's disease was caused by nerve damage and his vision could not return to normal. Moreover, Sean must endure dry eyes and spend the rest of his life with eye drops. This made Sean start to stay away from friends and hate going out to socialize.
Sean almost lost hope of life until his grandparents saw in a TV show that advanced treatment techniques could be treated like an eye disease. So at the end of last year, Kerrey flew to Sydney with Sean to seek medical treatment. Sean was treated by ophthalmologist Stephanie Watson. After examining Sean, Watson diagnosed Sean's vision loss due to a lack of vitamin A.
Watson further inquired that Sean had been on a partial diet since he was 5, eating only fried chicken, French fries, bread and coke, making his body in a state of extreme malnutrition.
lack of vitamin A will blinding
vitamin A deficiency is the most common cause of blindness in the world, but it is very rare in Australia. Watson said Sean is the fourth case she has encountered since practicing medicine in Australia. The most obvious feature of vitamin A deficiency is white spots on the eyeball.
Watson points out that many native doctors can't diagnose vitamin A deficiency, one because the patient looks very nutritious, and the two is that doctors rarely ask the patient's eating habits. "This may be related to the taste of some foods. Children may not like the taste of food, and finally develop this incredible eating habit." She said. "We need a certain amount of vitamin A. Without it, the eyeball cells can't grow normally, and they will peel off like skin."
under Watson's guidance, Sean took a large dose of vitamin A and began to drink vitamin rich milkshake. Sean's right eye vision is almost completely restored now, but his left eye vision has been permanently damaged.
Health reminder
eat more red and yellow food
to prevent the body's lack of vitamin A, doctors suggest that you eat more red and yellow foods, such as carrots, persimmons, sweet potatoes, apricots, and so on. These foods are rich in beta Hu Luo, and can be decomposed into vitamin A in the body. In addition, vitamin A can also be supplemented with foods such as dairy products, eggs, cod liver oil and animal liver.