Venkataswamy G, Krishnamurthy K A, Chandra P, Kabir S A, Pirie A
Lancet. 1976 May 22;1(7969):1120-2. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(76)99001-2.
A nutrition rehabilitation centre for treatment of children with xerophthalmia was established in Madurai, India. Treatment was based on provision of locally available food, rich in protein and beta-carotene and cheap enough for the families concerned to buy at home. This diet alone, with general medical treatment for other diseases, was sufficient to reverse conjunctival xerophthalmia and corneal xerosis. Children with more severe xerophthalmia received additional vitamin A. The records of 296 children followed up for between two months and three years were analysed. The results of treatment at the centre seemed as good as those produced by more expensive, and usually unobtainable, hospital treatment. Participation of the mother in buying, cooking, and sharing the food given to her child was of some educational value.
印度马杜赖市设立了一家营养康复中心，用于治疗患有干眼症的儿童。治疗方法是提供当地可得的食物，这些食物富含蛋白质和β-胡萝卜素，价格低廉，相关家庭能够在家中购买。仅这种饮食，再加上针对其他疾病的常规医疗，就足以逆转结膜干眼症和角膜干燥症。患有更严重干眼症的儿童会额外补充维生素A。对296名随访时间在两个月至三年之间的儿童记录进行了分析。该中心的治疗效果似乎与更昂贵且通常难以获得的医院治疗效果一样好。母亲参与购买、烹饪并与孩子分享给予孩子的食物具有一定的教育价值。
