Multistate measles outbreak leads to dangerous vitamin A toxicity

West Texas children treated for vitamin A toxicity as medical disinformation spreads alongside measles outbreak

Medical disinformation connected to the West Texas measles outbreak has created a new problem: Children are being treated for toxic levels of vitamin A.

As Doctors Predicted, RFK Jr.'s Bogus Vitamin A Claims Are Making Some Measles Patients More Sick

A Texas children's hospital is now treating children for vitamin A toxicity after RFK Jr. touted the vitamin as a measles treatment.

Multistate measles outbreak leads to dangerous vitamin A toxicity

As a measles outbreak spreads across the United States, doctors are now seeing a new and unexpected danger: children getting sick from taking too much vitamin A.

Measles Outbreak Leads to Dangerous Vitamin A Toxicity

Vitamin A overdose adds new risk during U.S. measles outbreak

As measles spreads quickly across the United States, a new and surprising problem is emerging: some children are getting sick not from the virus itself, but from taking too much vitamin A. At Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, doctors have seen several unvaccinated children develop signs of liver problems after being given large doses […] The post Vitamin A overdose adds new risk during U.S. measles outbreak appeared first on Knowri…

Jacob Bilhartz, M.D., available to discuss vitamin A supplements and potential liver injury in children.

Some measles patients in Texas have been hospitalized after taking supplements containing vitamin A. Jacob Bilhartz, M.D., pediatric hepatologist at U-M's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, is available to discuss the risks of taking these supplements without doctor supervision.