Vitamin A deficiency, deficiency symptoms

Vitamin A deficiency :

Vitamin A deficiency is a result of not taking sufficient Vitamin A. There are two types of deficiency in vitamin A, primary and secondary deficiency.
Primary deficiency occurs mostly in adults and children who do not take a sufficient amount of green and yellow vegetables, liver and fruits.

Early weaning also increases vitamin A deficiency risk. Secondary deficiency is linked with low fat diets, production and release of bile impairment, chronic oxidants exposure - cigarette smoke, and chronic lipids malabsorption.

Vitamin A is a vitamin that is fat soluble. It causes poor vitamin A utilization from diets which are low-fat when it is dependable on dispersion of micellar solubilization into small intestine.

Deficiency in zinc impairs the absorption, transport, and vitamin A metabolism functions. Zinc is important for vitamin A synthesis that involves proteins transportation and retinol oxidation to the retinal.

In a population that is malnourished today, the risk of getting the deficiency is due to low zinc and vitamin A intakes. This increases and leads to several discomforts

Vitamin A deficiency symptoms:

How do we know that we are suffering from vitamin A deficiency? What are the deficiency symptoms? One of the symptoms you can look out for is eye symptoms, such as night blindness, reduced night vision, eye inflammation, dry eyes, and corneal inflammation.

Other symptoms to look out for are dry skin, rough skin, urinary tract infection, respiratory infection vulnerability, and growth retardation in children. All these are the symptoms of deficiency in vitamin A as well.

External links
kidshealth: Vitamin A deficiency