Patient's question:
Eighteen years old, likes to play, sometimes constipated, irregular.Past treatment history and effectiveness: Currently taking calcium.
What kind of help you want: Want to know if you need to take fish oil.
Doctor's answer:
It is recommended that you first check whether the child has clinical manifestations of vitamin A and D deficiency. If necessary, serum should be tested in the hospital to confirm.Fish oil mainly contains vitamins A and D and is primarily used to treat deficiencies of these two vitamins, such as dry eye and rickets. If there are no symptoms mentioned above, it is not advisable to take it to avoid vitamin A and D poisoning. The former may lead to intracranial hypertension, liver and spleen damage, etc., while the latter may cause severe consequences such as fibrosis of the liver and kidneys. Therefore, it should not be used as a nutritional supplement. Even if there is a deficiency, it should be used under the guidance of a physician.