Give prophylaxis against xerophthalmia: vitamin A.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 13] Reference

The cornea becomes dull and pitted as in xerophthalmia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 23] Reference

Vitamin A (retinol) - for night blindness and xerophthalmia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 31] Reference

Increased risk of xerophthalmia following diarrhea and respiratory disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [14. Saving seeds for planting] Reference

Measles increases the con-sumption of vitamin A and often precipitates xerophthalmia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 13] Reference

Vitamin A supplementation is required in areas where xerophthalmia (night blindness) is common.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

‘Dry eyes’ (xerophthalmia, or nutritional blindness) is the most common cause of child blindness.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

It is also a medicine, as it prevents the serious disease of the eye called "dry eye" or xerophthalmia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1937 - Presentation Speech] Reference

Treatment of xerophthalmia: reduced night vision, desiccation (drying) and ulceration of the cornea, Bitot's spots.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

Children with measles are at especially high risk of xerophthalmia, and should be given vitamin A when the illness begins.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 31] Reference

Fat-soluble A, especially with certain minerals, is thought to prevent rickets and a disease of the eye called xerophthalmia.    From Wordnik.com.  [School and Home Cooking] Reference

Lack of Vitamin A: Vitamin A deficiency can lead to dry-eye disease (xerophthalmia), night-blindness and eventually complete blindness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

TARWOTJO, Ignatius, Alfred SOMMER, Tito SOEGIHARTO, Djoko SUSANTO, and MUHILAL (1982) Dietary practices and xerophthalmia among Indonesian children.    From Wordnik.com.  [14. Saving seeds for planting] Reference

Problems caused by a lack of something the body needs: malnutrition anemia pellagra night blindness and xerophthalmia goiter and cretinism cirrhosis of the liver.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 9] Reference

· In communities where xerophthalmia is common, give 200,000 units of vitamin A once every 6 months to women who are breast feeding, and also to pregnant women during the second half of their pregnancy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 23] Reference

The absence of the "A" type however may also manifest itself in another way, viz., by the development of an eye disease which McCollum first designated as xerophthalmia or dry eye and which the British authorities prefer to designate as keratomalacia.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vitamine Manual] Reference

Whole milk, eggs, and liver are also rich in vitamin A. · If the child is not likely to get these foods, or if he is developing signs of night blindness or xerophthalmia, give him vitamin A, 200,000 units (60 mg. retinol, in capsule or liquid) once every 6 months.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 23] Reference

Other forms of malnutrition are also widespread in the developing world, among them vitamin A deficiency leading to xerophthalmia and tragic blindness in children, thiamine deficiency resulting in beri-beri, including the rapidly fatal infantile beri-beri; niacin deficiency causing pellagra in some areas; vitamin D deficiency resulting in rickets; iron deficiency anemia; and iodine deficiency resulting in goiter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 9] Reference

The overall prevalence of xerophthalmia among children is 1.7 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Vitamin A supplements - guide cure prevention vitamin A insufficiency xerophthalmia.    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference

This can lead to xerophthalmia, a disorder of the eye in which there is hardening of the cornea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Qwaider Planet] Reference

Vitamin A activity of buriti (Mauritia vinifera Mart) and its effectiveness in the treatment and prevention of xerophthalmia.    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference

For blindness, we conservatively assumed that the prevalence of corneal xerophthalmia cases is one-tenth the prevalence of Bitot's spots.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Ophthalmologists said yesterday that frequent computer users should place a glass of hot or warm water on their desk next to their computers to help avoid xerophthalmia, or dry eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taipei Times] Reference

· Later, he develops dry eyes (xerophthalmia).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 23] Reference

· 'dry eyes' (xerophthalmia) · blindness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 28] Reference