| This product has lost most of its vitamins A and D, which are needed to ward off xerophthalmia and rickets. |
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| In the early 1990s, results from observational studies showed an increased mortality among children with clinical xerophthalmia. |
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| A guide to their use in the treatment and prevention of vitamin A deficiency and xerophthalmia. |
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| Of these, 9 children had overt vitamin A deficiency as evident by the presence of xerophthalmia. |
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| Prolonged lack of vitamin A leads to deterioration of the eye tissue through progressive keratinization of the cornea, a condition known as xerophthalmia. |
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| Although xerophthalmia is seldom encountered in countries where dairy products are readily available, it is common among poor children in Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, and the Philippines, and occurs in some parts of Africa. |
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| Night blindness is an early sign of vitamin A deficiency, followed by abnormal dryness of the eye and ultimately scarring of the cornea, a condition known as xerophthalmia. |
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| In xerophthalmia, the eyes are sensitive to light, the secretion of lubricating tears is stopped, and the eyelids become swollen and sticky with pus. |
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