What is Vitamin A deficiency?
What is Vitamin A deficiency?
- Vitamin A deficiency: Dietary deficiency of vitamin A.
- Vitamin A deficiency: condition due to a deficiency of vitamin A.
Source - Diseases Database
Vitamin A deficiency is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Vitamin A deficiency, or a subtype of Vitamin A deficiency,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Vitamin A deficiency: Introduction
Types of Vitamin A deficiency:
Broader types of Vitamin A deficiency:
How serious is Vitamin A deficiency?
Complications of Vitamin A deficiency:
see complications of Vitamin A deficiency
What causes Vitamin A deficiency?
Causes of Vitamin A deficiency: see causes of Vitamin A deficiency
What are the symptoms of Vitamin A deficiency?
Symptoms of Vitamin A deficiency:
see symptoms of Vitamin A deficiency
Complications of Vitamin A deficiency:
see complications of Vitamin A deficiency
Vitamin A deficiency: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Vitamin A deficiency.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Vitamin A deficiency.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Vitamin A deficiency:
see treatments for Vitamin A deficiency
Prevention of Vitamin A deficiency:
see prevention of Vitamin A deficiency
Research for Vitamin A deficiency:
see research for Vitamin A deficiency
Society issues for Vitamin A deficiency
Hospitalization statistics for Vitamin A deficiency:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Vitamin A deficiency:
- 0.0001% (13) of hospital consultant episodes were for vitamin A deficiency in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for vitamin A deficiency required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 15% of hospital consultant episodes for vitamin A deficiency were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 85% of hospital consultant episodes for vitamin A deficiency were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 15% of hospital consultant episodes for vitamin A deficiency required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for vitamin A deficiency in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 6 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for vitamin A deficiency in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Vitamin A deficiency:
Organs and body systems related to Vitamin A deficiency include:
Name and Aliases of Vitamin A deficiency
Main name of condition: Vitamin A deficiency
Class of Condition for Vitamin A deficiency: deficiency vitamin
Other names or spellings for Vitamin A deficiency:
Xerotic Keratitis, Keratomalacia, Night Blindness, Retinol Deficiency
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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