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What harm does a child lack of vitamin a?

Female  8 years old 2018-06-17
During my son's physical examination, the doctor said he was deficient in vitamin a. What harm does a child lack of this vitamin?

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  • BY Mamie Doris 2018-06-17
    The lack of this vitamin is very harmful. Vitamin A deficiency can cause children with visual impairment and night blindness, increase the risk of anemia, increase the prevalence and death risk of common childhood infectious diseases such as diarrhea and measles, which may be related to Vitamin A deficiency leads to changes in the structure and function of the immune system.
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