Obese patients must take the supplements prescribed to them to protect their eyes, after they have undergone bariatric surgery to shed excess weight. Taking in too little Vitamin A, in particular, could in some cases actually cause night blindness, dry eyes, corneal ulcers, and in extreme cases total blindness. This advice comes from Rui Azevedo Guerreiro and Rui Ribeiro of the Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central in Portugal, who reviewed what little research there currently ...Tuesday 2 December 2014
Bariatric Surgery Patients are Warned to Take Their Supplements, for Their Eye's Sake
Obese patients must take the supplements prescribed to them to protect their eyes, after they have undergone bariatric surgery to shed excess weight. Taking in too little Vitamin A, in particular, could in some cases actually cause night blindness, dry eyes, corneal ulcers, and in extreme cases total blindness. This advice comes from Rui Azevedo Guerreiro and Rui Ribeiro of the Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central in Portugal, who reviewed what little research there currently ...
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