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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 26, 575-577, Copyright © 1973 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

Acute hypervitaminosis A in an adult

K. I. Furman B.Sc., M.B., B.Ch., F.R.C.P.1

1 Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Acute vitamin A intoxication occurred in a 28-year-old female following the ingestion of tablets containing a total of 1,300,000 IU vitamin A acetate, taken as a remedy for sunburn. Symptoms included nausea, vomitting, intense headache, and blurring of vision associated with papilledema. Subsidence of the acute symptoms was followed by exfoliation of the superficial skin.






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