【原】只吃垃圾食品会致失明？

Amber看世界 2021-05-21

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While picky eating is fairly common with some kids, severe side effects are a rarity.

虽然挑食在一些孩子中相当普遍，但严重的副作用还是比较罕见的。

But one recent case out of the U.K. serves as an important reminder for parents to vary their children's diets.

但最近发生在英国的一个案例提醒父母要改变孩子的饮食。

A new report by clinician-scientists from Bristol Medical School and the Bristol Eye Hospitalfound that a teenager with an extremely limited diet was vitamin deficient, leading to blindness as well as other health issues, including hearing loss.

布里斯托尔医学院和布里斯托尔眼科医院的临床科学家发表的一份新报告发现，饮食极其有限的青少年缺乏维生素，会导致失明以及包括听力丧失在内的其他健康问题。

The 14-year-old in the study took no medications and was otherwise at a normal weight, but ate only highly processed foods, including Pringles, white bread and pork.

有一名14岁的研究对象没有服用任何药物，体重正常，但只吃高度加工食品，包括品客薯片、白面包和猪肉。

"The researchers concluded that the patient's 'junk food' diet and limited intake of nutritional vitamins and minerals resulted in the onset of nutritional optic neuropathy," the study said.

“研究人员得出的结论是，患者的'垃圾食品’饮食和有限的营养维生素和矿物质摄入导致了营养性视神经病变的发生，”研究称。

"His doctors did initially diagnose him with mild nutritional deficiencies, specifically Vitamin B12, and prescribed the right shots," said Dr. Sejal Parekh.

“他的医生最初确实诊断他有轻微的营养不足，特别是维生素B12，并给他开了正确的营养补充针剂，”塞加尔帕雷克博士说。

But, per the case report, the patient did not complete the injection course.

但是，根据病例报告，病人没有完成注射过程。

He developed hearing loss, likely due to decreased bone density in the inner ear and later developed blindness from nerve damage.

他患上了听力丧失，可能是由于内耳骨密度下降，后来又因为神经损伤而开始失明。

The patient was then "prescribed the appropriate nutritional supplements and referred to mental health services for his restricted eating" the case report described, adding that while his vision stabilized it did not improve.

随后，该患者被“开了适当的营养补充剂，并因其限制饮食而接受了心理健康服务”，该病例报告中写道，尽管他的视力稳定了，但并没有改善。

"This patient likely suffers from ARFID, or Avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder, which is becoming a more recognized disorder, in which patients restrict their intake typically based on textural, color, or taste aversions to foods," Parekh explained.

帕瑞克解释说:“这名患者很可能患有ARFID，即回避型限制性食物摄入障碍。这种疾病正在成为一种更容易被识别的疾病，患者通常根据对食物的质地、颜色或味道的喜恶来限制自己的摄入量。

"ARFID differs from anorexia in that it is not driven by body image or weight concerns. ARFID can be recognized in children with other sensory processing disorders and autism."

“ARFID与厌食症的不同之处在于，它不受身体形象或体重问题的影响。在患有其他感觉处理障碍和自闭症的儿童中，也可以发现ARFID。”

Many afflicted with ARFID have less severe consequences, but not eating a varied diet may increase those risks.

许多患有ARFID的患者没有那么严重的后果，但是不改变饮食可能就会增加这些风险。