Deficiency Diseases Of Vitamin A With Pictures. Vitamin a deficiency an avitaminosis. The affected child must eat the foods rich in vitamin d like milk, fish, meat, butter, egg, etc., and take the advice of a doctor.
Deficiency of vitamin a is associated with significant morbidity and mortality from common childhood infections, and is the world’s leading preventable cause of childhood blindness. Macrocytic red blood cells, 500x at 35mm many of the erythrocytes (rbcs) are larger than normal (macocytic) oval cells. Vitamin a deficiency is the major cause of severe diseases, infections and preventable blindness in children.