Eat Junk Food, Go Blind, Blame Someone Else

Mom blames healthcare system after her son went blind from diet comprised of french fries and Pringles

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/mom-...204000918.html

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The mother of a British teen who went legally blind after eating a diet of potato chips and french fries says she blames the U.K.'s health care system for her son's illness. Kerry James, whose son, Harvey Dyer, developed a rare form of malnutrition-based blindness in his early teens, made the comments on the U.K.'s ITV channel Tuesday morning.

Surprising to see this in a developed country.

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The 18-year-old also suffers from a rare eating disorder called avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder, which likely contributed to his pickiness early in life. The disease makes it difficult for people to stomach certain foods based on sensory traits, such as smell, texture or flavor. "If they'd done the blood test then and realized [his] vitamin A was so low, they could have given him the vitamin A injections then," James said. James added that doctors gave Dyer nutrition shakes and other health products to try, but he refused to stick with them.

If the doctor knew the kid was not eating right, then perhaps a test to determine if he had deficiencies was in order. But why would anyone allow their child to eat crap for so long?

How are they getting their son to eat properly now? Or did they decide he can't get much worse?

Ranb

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