Research Article
Role of Fat-Soluble Vitamins A and D in the Pathogenesis of Influenza: A New Perspective
Table 1
Similarities between the signs and symptoms of influenza infection and of hypervitaminosis A (sources: references cited in the text).
| Signs/symptoms | Influenza | Hypervitaminosis A |
| High fever | + | + | Chills | + | + | Rhinitis | + | + | Headache | + | + | Myalgia | + | + | Malaise | + | + | Fatigue | + | + | Cough | + | + | Acute respiratory distress | + | + | Pulmonary infiltrates | + | + | Peripheral edema | ? | + | Thromboembolic events | + | + | Hepatitis | + | + |
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