Sep 4, 2019 05:14 AM
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teen-blin...bc9ef57147
EXCERPT: A very finicky British 17-year-old saw very bad results from a diet of French fries, Pringles chips and white bread: He went blind. ... the boy’s unhealthy diet was mostly unchanged since he was 14 [...] tests showed the boy had macrocytic anemia and low vitamin B12 levels, which his doctor treated with vitamin injections and dietary advice.
A year later, the teen’s doctor noted hearing loss and “vision symptoms,” according to the researchers, but “no cause was found.” At age 17, the boy was blind. That was when doctors realized the teen’s diet was limited. [...] “His diet was essentially a portion of chips from the local fish and chip shop every day ... He also used to snack on [chips] ― Pringles ― and sometimes slices of white bread and occasional slices of ham, and not really any fruit and vegetables.”
The teen was eventually diagnosed with nutritional optic neuropathy ― damage to the optic nerve that results from nutritional deficiencies. [...] Vision loss from nutritional optic neuropathy can be reversed if the condition is found early enough, but the teen’s vision loss is permanent, doctors said. They added that nutritional supplements may prevent his vision loss from getting any worse. (MORE - details)
EXCERPT: A very finicky British 17-year-old saw very bad results from a diet of French fries, Pringles chips and white bread: He went blind. ... the boy’s unhealthy diet was mostly unchanged since he was 14 [...] tests showed the boy had macrocytic anemia and low vitamin B12 levels, which his doctor treated with vitamin injections and dietary advice.
A year later, the teen’s doctor noted hearing loss and “vision symptoms,” according to the researchers, but “no cause was found.” At age 17, the boy was blind. That was when doctors realized the teen’s diet was limited. [...] “His diet was essentially a portion of chips from the local fish and chip shop every day ... He also used to snack on [chips] ― Pringles ― and sometimes slices of white bread and occasional slices of ham, and not really any fruit and vegetables.”
The teen was eventually diagnosed with nutritional optic neuropathy ― damage to the optic nerve that results from nutritional deficiencies. [...] Vision loss from nutritional optic neuropathy can be reversed if the condition is found early enough, but the teen’s vision loss is permanent, doctors said. They added that nutritional supplements may prevent his vision loss from getting any worse. (MORE - details)
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