维生素a（Vitamin A）.docVIP

维生素a（Vitamin A） Brief introduction of vitamin A Vitamin A has many physiological functions. It is necessary for the development of vision, growth, epithelial tissue and bone, sperm production and fetal growth and development. But for mothers, demand for vitamin A increased by nearly 25% compared with before pregnancy, the concentration of vitamin A in early pregnancy in maternal blood decreased, the late rise, reduce labor, postpartum rise again, so the supplement of vitamin A is necessary for mothers. However, due to the large dose of vitamin A toxicity to the human body, and vitamin A can smoothly through the placental barrier and the mother of vitamin A when the dosage is not too large, a lot of vitamin A is not only the maternal adverse, will also affect fetal growth and development. For expectant mothers, the symptoms of acute vitamin A poisoning include drowsiness, headache, vomiting, and optic disc edema. Chronic vitamin A excessive can show dry skin, rough, hair loss, chapped lips, itching or low heat and so on. For the baby in the abdomen, if the mother in the early pregnancy massive use of vitamin A, the fetus will be in accordance with the order of organ formation, without brain, eye defects, cleft palate, spina bifida, limb defects and other malformations. A large number of expectant mothers can cause fetal urinary tract abnormalities and congenital cataracts. In view of the large number of vitamin A will cause toxicity to mothers and fetuses, it is generally believed that the use of vitamin A supplements, its dosage should not be higher than RDA (nutrient recommended intake) 1.5 times, that is, 4000IU. But there are more prenatal care products have added vitamin A, accumulated may cause harm to the mother and fetus, therefore, it is recommended that expectant mothers can choose beta carotene instead of vitamin A. Like vitamin A, beta carotene can smoothly through the placental barrier, and in human liver and intestinal wall carotene under the action of