Eyesight experts issue warning on diet which can lead to blindness

Updated November 3 2016 - 11:08am, first published October 15 2016 - 12:15am
The eye of a 14-year-old child suffering from vitamin A deficiency. Photo: Medical Journal of Australia
The eye of a 14-year-old child suffering from vitamin A deficiency. Photo: Medical Journal of Australia
The left eye of a 14-year-old child suffering from vitamin A deficiency. Photo: Medical Journal of Australia
The left eye of a 14-year-old child suffering from vitamin A deficiency. Photo: Medical Journal of Australia
Cian Moore nearly went blind from vitamin A deficiency.
Cian Moore nearly went blind from vitamin A deficiency.
A diet of chips and coke can lead to vitamin A deficiency. Photo: Supplied
A diet of chips and coke can lead to vitamin A deficiency. Photo: Supplied
Chips are okay in moderation. Photo: William Meppem
Chips are okay in moderation. Photo: William Meppem

Kerry Moore had tried ophthalmologists and pediatricians, a children's hospital and an adult hospital, light tests, genetic tests and various vision tests in trying to find the cause of her son's encroaching blindness.

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