Symptoms of vitamin A poisoning

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Vitamin A poisoning syndrome caused by excessive intake of vitamin A. According to research, infants take vitamin A, such as a dose of more than 300000 international units (each gram of common cod liver oil contains 850 international units of vitamin A; Symptoms of vitamin A poisoning? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Symptoms of vitamin A poisoning

The symptoms of nervous system include headache, dizziness, vomiting, fatigue, drowsiness, mental retardation, etc. most infants have protrusion of anterior fontanel, irritability and mild meningeal irritation (mainly due to excessive vitamin A, which makes the meningeal secretion active, and the increase of cerebrospinal fluid leads to the increase of intracranial pressure).

Ocular symptoms include conjunctival congestion, subconjunctival hemorrhage, blurred vision, diplopia, and sometimes papilledema. Digestive system symptoms: nausea, vomiting, anorexia, thirst, abdominal pain, diarrhea, liver enlargement and tenderness.

Skin symptoms: the skin is flushed. After 1-3 days of poisoning, there may be varying degrees of peeling, extending from the mouth and between the nose and lips to the whole body, showing scaly to large scale peeling, pigmentation, hair and sweat hair peeling. The skin is often scratched by itching.

matters needing attention

We should publicize and popularize the knowledge of nutrition and health, and correct the abuse of vitamin A preparations and bad eating habits of parents. For example, animal liver is the organ for storing vitamin A, which is rich in nutrition, but it is not suitable to eat it every day. Food should be varied. To prevent the occurrence of iatrogenic vitamin A poisoning.