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vitamin A toxicity

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vitamin A toxicity
Hypervitaminosis A, vitamin A intoxication Nutrition A potentially fatal condition evoked by an acute or chronic excess of vitamin A Clinical Bone pain, dry skin, GI complaints–N&V, constipation, diarrhea; ↑ intracranial pressure, poor growth in children, affected infants may develop bulging fontanelles, craniotabes–softening of skull bones, pseudotumor cerebri, papilledema, drowsiness, severe headaches, insomnia, jaundice, menstrual disorders, stress, weight loss, as well as irritability, ↓ appetite, pruritus, hair loss, seborrhea, cracking at corners of mouth. See Vitamin A.


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Note: due to concerns about Vitamin A toxicity, a growing number of health experts, including Dr.
Other foods such as raw liver should not be given to your pet in large quantities as this may lead to Vitamin A toxicity.
When people do get vitamin A toxicity, it is usually from taking too much in supplemental, or pill, form.
 
 
 
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