Eat 6 composite vitamins a day, the man's own abuse caused by abnormal liver function

Wuhan Evening News, July 21, thought that he was lacking in vitamins a day a day, and a man had abnormal liver function due to the abuse of vitamins.

Mr. Zhou, who was nearly sixty, was usually good. As the weather became hotter, he felt that his appetite was decreasing, sleeping was unstable, often dizzy, emotions became irritable, and his memory decreased. After the Internet inquiry, he determined that this was a "alarm" signal that he lacked vitamin that caused the body's immunity to decrease. So he went to the pharmacy to buy a composite vitamin and eat 1 per day according to the manual. One week later, he felt that there was no improvement, and he increased the amount of orally, 2 times a day once a day, so after half a month, Mr. Zhou found that he not only had yellow urination, his whole body skin became yellow, and even his eyeballs changed. Yellow.

On July 21, he went to the hospital for treatment and found that the total bilirubin and albumin were abnormal under the check. Chen Hong, deputy chief physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, inquired and checked in detail that the cause of liver function abnormalities was that he took excessive vitamin A.

"Eating too much vitamins can cause abnormal liver function?" Mr. Zhou was shocked by this judgment. Chen Hong explained that the composite vitamins taken by Mr. Zhou contain vitamin A, and vitamin A stores in the liver. It usually does not have side effects as taking vitamins according to the recommended dose. Causes poisoning and even liver failure.

"In addition to vitamin A, there are also more serious side effects when there are some vitamins excessive." Chen Hong also listed several more common harms brought by excessive vitamin excess.

Vitamin A Excessive: Early symptoms are vomiting, headache, dizziness, visual blur, etc., followed by symptoms such as muscle pain, dry skin, itching, and loss of appetite, which can be fatal.

Vitamin C Excessive: Patients may experience discomfort such as diarrhea, abdominal distension and other symptoms. If long -term vitamin C is excessive, it may increase the excretion of oxalate and increase the risk of urinary tract stones.

Excessive vitamin D: can lead to lack of appetite, itching of the skin, muscle pain, fatigue, urine, etc.

Excessive vitamin E: It is easy to cause platelet agglomeration and cause thrombosis, which may also cause discomfort such as vomiting, dizziness, and blur vision.

Chen Hong reminded that it is best not to eat multiple vitamins for a long time. A comprehensive and balanced diet can meet the human body's needs for vitamins. If the diet cannot be used for a balanced diet and then consider the supplement, it must also supplement vitamins under the guidance of a doctor.

(Reporter Mao Yin Correspondent Wu Ping Cao Jiaojiao)

[Edit: Yu Lina]

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