18Jul
Vitamin deficiency after weight loss surgery can cause vision loss in newborns
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Biliopancreatic diversion surgery for morbid obesity is known to cause multiple vitamin deficiencies that may worsen during pregnancy. In the June issue of the Journal of AAPOS, the Official Publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, a group of Australian clinicians report a child who was born blind as a result of Vitamin A deficiency caused by his mother’s obesity surgery.
Vitamin deficiency after weight loss surgery can cause vision loss in newborns
Tags: newborns, vision loss, vitamin deficiency, weight-loss surgery
