Teenagers almost go blind, because he does not eat vegetables!
The 14-year-old Cian Moore from Perth, Australia has had problems with his eyes for years. At eleven he began to complain of a dry, scratchy feeling. In addition, his eyesight diminished more and more.
"We were very afraid that our son would go blind"
The family was at a loss, moved from ophthalmologist to ophthalmologist? without success. A specialist in Perth finally told the desperate parents that the optic nerve was damaged and nothing could be done. Cian will have to live with limited vision and always have to take drops.
The family was desperate, but the mother did not think about giving up. "Luckily we're very stubborn," writes Kerry Moore on Facebook, "and we hate to hear a no." She kept on researching and doing countless eye tests on Cian. "We were terrified that our son would go blind," she told the Sydney Morning Herald.
A coincidence saved her child's eyesight
Fortunately, one day the grandparents happened to see a television program about eye disease. There was the specialist Stephanie Watson from Sydney to speak. The family did not hesitate and booked a flight.
Dr. Watson did not need a minute to diagnose her: vitamin A deficiency.
How did the deficiency phenomenon come about?
Such a nutrient deficiency as Cian knew Dr. Watson only from her time in Kenya, where she used to work as a doctor. The reason for the lack of Cian was not too little, but the wrong food: Since the age of six, he almost exclusively ate chicken, potatoes, white bread and coke.
"It's the combination of chips and coke that makes you feel full, even though you're not getting your nutrients," Watson said in the "Herald."
The diagnosis can save the right eye
Cian got high-dose vitamin A pills for several days and has been taking vitamin A shakes since then. And he eats vegetables. If only with great reluctance? and hold your nose. But his mother will not let up.
Through the therapy, the eyesight of Cian's right eye was almost restored, his left eye remains damaged.
Today, Kerry fights with guilt feelings and has two messages to all parents and children:
- Kids, eat your vegetables!
- Parents, always get a second, third, fourth opinion!
