What are the effects of Vitamin A deficiency in young children?

      

Highlight the effects of Vitamin A deficiency in young children.

  

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Maurice
(i) Dry hair.

(ii) Brittle nails.

(iii) Skin problems/ rough skin/ patches/ cracks on skin.

(iv) Lowered immune system/ low resistance to infections.

(v) Eye defects/ xerophthalmia/ nigh blindness/ Keratomalacia.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 24, 2017 at 13:16


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