The teen, considered a 'fussy eater,' ate a very limited and unhealthy diet for years. The lack of nutrients eventually damaged his vision.
There’s a reason your mom spent years reminding you to eat your vegetables. A teenage boy, who subsisted on Pringles, French fries, processed pork and white bread for years, went blind due to his extremely poor diet, according to a case study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
A year later, the teen returned to the doctor’s office with hearing loss and vision problems, but doctors couldn’t pinpoint the exact cause. His vision problems got progressively worse. By 17 years old, he was suffering from blindness. “Nutritional optic neuropathy is usually caused by a deficiency of B-complex vitamins ,” Randy McLaughlin, an optometrist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “It’s usually seen in alcoholics, who are malnourished. This condition is somewhat rare, but not totally uncommon.” The condition is painless and progresses gradually.
For the teen, by the time he got a proper diagnosis and after years of extremely poor eating, the damage to his vision was permanent.
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