TREATMENT OF THE XEROPHTHALMIA IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN DUE TO VITAMIN A DEFECIENY

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Journal: PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES Year:2000 | Volume:- | Issue:3 Page(s): 57-62

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TREATMENT OF THE XEROPHTHALMIA IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN DUE TO VITAMIN A DEFECIENY

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XEROPHTHALMIAQ3

KERATOMALACIAQ3

BITOT'S SPOTSQ3

CORNEAL PERFORATIONQ3

NIGHT BLINDNESSQ3

Abstract

Vitamin A deficiency remains a major cause of pediatric ocular morbidity. over five million children develop XEROPHTHALMIA annually, a quarter million or more becoming blind. Treatment is practical and inexpensive, based upon the oral administration of 200, 000 Iu vitamin A on two successive day even among children without evidence of XEROPHTHALMIA, the same prophylactic regimen may improve child survival by 35% or more, 2000 Preschool children Were examined from 1990. Five of the children had bilateral CORNEAL PERFORATION (due to severe gastroenteritis). In clinical trial patients under 7 years old with BITOT'S SPOTS were randomly assigned to 200000 IU of oral Vitamin A or without drug. And follow up for Two months. 17 patients receiving vitamin A, ten patients showed compete cure and disappearance. of BITOT'S SPOTS and seven patients had disappearance of some but not all BITOT'S SPOTS. The nonresponsive children were older. In 17 children who were not treated with Vitamine A, two children Spontaneous cure, 3 patients some of Bitots disappearance and seven were unchanged and 5 patients are worsene.

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ALI PANAHI, R.. (2000). TREATMENT OF THE XEROPHTHALMIA IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN DUE TO VITAMIN A DEFECIENY. PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, -(3), 57-62. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/48510/en

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ALI PANAHI R.. TREATMENT OF THE XEROPHTHALMIA IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN DUE TO VITAMIN A DEFECIENY. PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES[Internet]. 2000;-(3):57-62. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/48510/en

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R. ALI PANAHI, “TREATMENT OF THE XEROPHTHALMIA IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN DUE TO VITAMIN A DEFECIENY,” PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, vol. -, no. 3, pp. 57–62, 2000, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/48510/en

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