Some Heavy Kids during Risk of Blindness, Study Says

<p>THURSDAY, May 24 (<span>HealthDay News</span>) — Some overweight or obese
children are during increasing risk for a mind condition that can lead to
blindness, a new investigate shows.</p>
<p>The risk of <span>idiopathic intracranial hypertension</span> (IIH) — also called<span>pseudotumor cerebri</span> — is generally high in comparison white girls, according
to a <span>Kaiser Permanente</span> researchers.</p>
<p>People with a condition have increasing vigour around a mind that
is not caused by other diseases. Symptoms embody headache, blurred
vision, revulsion and eye transformation abnormalities. Idiopathic intracranial
hypertension can lead to blindness in adult to 10 percent of patients,
particularly if not diagnosed and treated promptly.</p>
<p>The researchers analyzed information from 900,000 children, aged 2 to 19, and
identified 78 cases of idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Eighty-...