VITAMIN A

FUNCTION

FUNCTION
Vitamin A helps form and
maintains healthy skin, teeth,
skeletal and soft tissue,
mucus membranes, and skin.
It is also known as retinol
because it produces the
pigments in the retinaof the
eye.
Vitamin A promotes good
vision, especially in low light.
It may also be needed for
reproduction and breastfeeding.

SOURCES

BENEFITS

TOXICITY

Vitamin A also called

hypervitaminosis A,
Vitamin A toxicity
describes the toxic effects
that occur when there is
too much preformed
vitamin A in the body.
Vitamin A is a fat soluble
vitamin that gets stored in
the body in the form of
retinol.

LACK OF VITAMIN A
Vitamin A deficiency can result from
inadequate intake, fat
malabsorption, or liver disorders.
Deficiency impairs immunity and
hematopoiesis and causes rashes
and typical ocular effects (eg,
xerophthalmia, night blindness).
Diagnosis is based on typical ocular
findings and low vitamin A levels.
Treatment consists of vitamin A
given orally or, if symptoms are
severe or malabsorption is the
cause, parenterally.

DAILY REQUIREMENT

GROUP MEMBERS
Fares Esmail Ahmed
Mohamed Ahmed
Fares Adem Idris
Abdurahman Omar