xerophthalmia

• “Vitamin A deficiency in humans, as well as rats, was later shown to produce serious eye damage (xerophthalmia) and it remains a major cause of blindness in the Third World.”

  The Nobel Prize and the Discovery of Vitamins

• “‘Dry eyes’ (xerophthalmia, or nutritional blindness) is the most common cause of child blindness.”

  1) Head Control and Use of Senses

• “Lack of Vitamin A: Vitamin A deficiency can lead to dry-eye disease (xerophthalmia), night-blindness and eventually complete blindness.”

  Chapter 4

• “Measles increases the con-sumption of vitamin A and often precipitates xerophthalmia.”

  Chapter 13

• “The cornea becomes dull and pitted as in xerophthalmia.”

  Chapter 23

• “· In communities where xerophthalmia is common, give 200,000 units of vitamin A once every 6 months to women who are breast feeding, and also to pregnant women during the second half of their pregnancy.”

  Chapter 23

• “- Give prophylaxis against xerophthalmia: vitamin A”

  Chapter 13

• “Whole milk, eggs, and liver are also rich in vitamin A. · If the child is not likely to get these foods, or if he is developing signs of night blindness or xerophthalmia, give him vitamin A, 200,000 units (60 mg. retinol, in capsule or liquid) once every 6 months.”

  Chapter 23

• “Vitamin A (retinol) - for night blindness and xerophthalmia”

  Chapter 31

• “Children with measles are at especially high risk of xerophthalmia, and should be given vitamin A when the illness begins.”

  Chapter 31

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