Beware! These Vitamin Deficiencies Can Lead To Vision Loss

Vitamins and minerals are those essential nutrients that keep the body healthy and protect it from many diseases. In addition, vitamins are vital in fighting infections, bone strength, brain function, and hormonal balance. Recently, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) released a study report stating that two types of vitamin deficiencies are responsible for losing eyesight. Let us tell you that the body requires 13 essential vitamins available from various food sources. The function of each vitamin is different in the body. Many symptoms ranging from fatigue, weakness, dizziness, and irritability to loss of bone density, from frequent injuries to changes in skin colour, are signs of vitamin deficiency. So let's know which are the two vitamins that affect eyesight.

Vitamin B12 Deficiency:Vitamin B12 is a nutrient essential for the function and development of cells, and its deficiency can lead to optic neuropathy. Its lack ends the eyesight. This has come to the fore in the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry report.

Signs Of Vitamin B12 Deficiency

1. Pin and needle prick in an arm or leg (paresthesia)
2. Changes in thinking, feeling and behaviour
3. Loss of concentration and feeling faint
4. Light yellowing of the skin
5. Irritability and depression
6. Red tongue (glossitis)
7. Mouth ulcers
8. Dementia

For vitamin B12, you take ham, poultry, sheep, fish (tuna and haddock), seafood such as shellfish and crab, and dairy products such as eggs, milk, cheese and yoghurt.

Vitamin A Deficiency: According to the WHO, a lack of vitamin A causes the cornea to dry, leading to blindness. In addition, the deficiency of this vitamin causes damage to the retina and cornea. Statistics from the Global Health Agency show that an estimated 2,50,000-5,00,000 children who suffer from vitamin A deficiency develop blindness.

Signs Of Vitamin A Deficiency

• According to the WHO, night blindness is the first symptom of vitamin A deficiency.
• Other symptoms include infection and xerophthalmia - a condition in which the eyes become very dry and itchy.

According to the NHS, cottage cheese, eggs, oily fish, fortified low-fat spreads, milk, yoghurt, and liver products will reduce vitamin A deficiency.

Conclusion:At the same time, eat things containing beta-carotene as the body can convert it into retinol. For example, mangoes, papayas and apricots are good sources of beta-carotene.

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Exercise Improves Brain Function In People With Schizophrenia

Exercise has been shown to significantly reduce symptoms in people with Schizophrenia when combined with medication.

The study from University of Manchester discovered that, when teamed with medication, 12 weeks of aerobic exercise training can improve patients’ brain functioning than drugs alone.

Researcher Joseph Firth said: “These findings present the first large-scale evidence supporting the use of physical exercise to treat the neurocognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia.”
A spokesperson from charity Rethink Mental Illness branded the findings as “encouraging”.

Researchers combined data from 10 independent clinical trials with a total of 385 patients with schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia is often typified by hallucinations and delusions, which are usually treatable with medication. However, most patients are also troubled with pervasive ‘cognitive deficits’ including poor memory, impaired information processing and loss of concentration.
The study, published in Schizophrenia Bulletin, showed that around 12 weeks of aerobic exercise training can significantly improve patients’ brain functioning.

It found that patients who were treated with aerobic exercise programs, such as treadmills and exercise bikes, in combination with their medication, experienced improved overall brain functioning more than those treated with medications alone.

The areas which were most improved by exercising were patients’ ability to understand social situations, their attention spans and their ‘working memory’ – or how much information they can hold in their mind at one time.

There was also evidence that programs which used greater amounts of exercise, and those which were most successful for improving fitness, had the greatest effects on cognitive functioning.

Researcher Joseph Firth said: “Cognitive deficits are one aspect of schizophrenia which is particularly problematic.

“They hinder recovery and impact negatively upon people’s ability to function in work and social situations. Furthermore, current medications for schizophrenia do not treat the cognitive deficits of the disorder.

“We are searching for new ways to treat these aspects of the illness, and now research is increasingly suggesting that physical exercise can provide a solution.”

He added: “These findings present the first large-scale evidence supporting the use of physical exercise to treat the neurocognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia.

“Using exercise from the earliest stages of the illness could reduce the likelihood of long-term disability, and facilitate full, functional recovery for patients.”

In response to the report, Nia Charpentier, media manager at Rethink Mental Illness, told The Huffington Post UK: “More research into effective treatments for schizophrenia is much needed and overdue.

“The link between exercise and good mental health is well known, and so it is encouraging to see such positive effects in these findings.”

She adds: “Schizophrenia is a complex illness and while exercise will go some way towards improving people’s quality of life, those with the illness will likely need to a variety of treatment options to decide what is right for them.

“For some this might be a combination of exercise, psychological therapy and medication, as well as other factors like a good support network of family and friends.

“The important thing is that people get the support they need, when they need it, and can lead the life they want to lead.”

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