Reversible night blindness – A reminder of the increasing importance of vitamin A deficiency in the developed world | Zendy

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Reversible night blindness – A reminder of the increasing importance of vitamin A deficiency in the developed world

Author(s) -

Luke Clifford,

Andrew M.J. Turnbull,

Anne M. Denning

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of optometry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.844

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 1888-4296

pISSN - 1989-1342

DOI - 10.1016/j.optom.2013.01.002

Subject(s) - blindness , vitamin a deficiency , medicine , optometry , ophthalmology , vitamin , retinol

Essential vitamins are those which must be obtained from diet or supplementation. Malabsorption of various aetiologies, including bowel resection and bariatric surgery, can lead to deficiencies of these vitamins. We report a case of reversible night blindness (nyctalopia) secondary to vitamin A deficiency, which serves as a reminder of the condition and also as a warning that its incidence may be on the rise in the developed world as the popularity of bariatric surgery increases.

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