Patterns of childhood blindness have been changing and there is a need to reassess their strategies says a team of eye specialists from India, Malawi, and Tanzania.
Recognition and treatment of the disease in developing countries is needed.
Vitamin A Deficiency Leads to Large-scale Blindness in North East
Vitamin A deficiency has resulted in blindness among children in a big way in the North Eastern parts of India, a study has found.
Vitamin A deficiency has resulted in blindness among children in a big way in the North Eastern parts of India, a study has found.
"With reductions in nutritional and infectious causes of blindness intra-uterine and genetic causes of blindness (e.g., cataract and congenital anomalies) have assumed increased importance and need tertiary care-level interventions and long-term follow-up to achieve good visual rehabilitation," they said.
While writing in PLoS Medicine, the authors suggest further research is needed to identify the underlying causes of congenital and developmental cataract and to determine the best strategies for recognition, referral, treatment, and rehabilitation.
Now, Single Jab That Could Prevent Blindness
A single jab can now prevent people from losing their vision, thanks to researchers at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, who have developed a new method...
A single jab can now prevent people from losing their vision, thanks to researchers at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, who have developed a new method...
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Gastric bypass can cause deficiency of Vitamin A
New York: A study on the medical histories of patients not genetically disposed to blindness, but were blind or suffered weak eyesight, revealed that they had undergone stomach related surgeries,
New York: A study on the medical histories of patients not genetically disposed to blindness, but were blind or suffered weak eyesight, revealed that they had undergone stomach related surgeries,
Vitamin A-Rich Carrots Coming Soon in Space
Astronauts will soon have their own gardens aboard the International Space Station (ISS), with the ability to grow vitamin A-rich carrots in space, a new study says.
Astronauts will soon have their own gardens aboard the International Space Station (ISS), with the ability to grow vitamin A-rich carrots in space, a new study says.
