The eye signs of vitamin A deficiency
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It is vitally important to realise that many children who are vitamin A deficient will not have the eye signs, known as xerophthalmia (dry eye). This means that children with the eye signs are only the ‘tip of the iceberg’ – there will be many other children in the community who are vitamin A deficient but who have completely normal eyes and vision. This is why community approaches to control are so vitally important (page 69–70). The different eye signs of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in children, as graded by the WHO, are:
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