17-Year-Old Boy Goes Blind from Only Eating These Five Foods

When this teenage boy went to the doctor complaining of exhaustion, his test results came back relatively normal. Three years later, he went blind. Doctors couldn’t figure out why… until now.

Early Symptoms

This 14-year-old teen from the United Kingdom first visited a doctor after he began experiencing fatigue. He wasn’t taking any medication, had an appropriate body mass index for his height, and showed no visible signs of malnutrition.

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