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Vitamin A source

Vitamin A toxicity

Treatment involves simply stopping the use of too much vitamin A.

Full recovery is the most likely outcome.

• Failure to thrive
• Excessively high calcium levels
• Kidney damage due to high calcium
• Osteoporosis
• Liver damage
• Prostate cancer

Call your health care provider if you think that you or your child may have taken vitamin A in excess or if you have symptoms that may be linked with excess vitamin A.

Review Date: 08/08/2006
Reviewed By: Robert Hurd, MD, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network