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  Medical experts have cautioned mothers against giving their children excess multivitamins, warning that it could serious health problems. According to them, giving children vitamin A in excess quantities can affect the brain and even lead to convulsions. They noted that what children need to grow and thrive is appropriate and good nutrition and not dietary supplements. Mayo Clinic says taking high doses of vitamin A supplements could also cause liver damage. “Combining high doses of vitamin A supplements with other drugs that can damage the liver could increase the risk of liver disease. “Too much vitamin A can be harmful and excess vitamin A during pregnancy has been linked to birth defects,” Mayo Clinic says. The physicians stated this during exclusive interviews with PUNCH Healthwise, urging parents to see children as human beings and not disease entities. Speaking with our correspondent, a Professor of Paediatrics at the Department of Paediatrics, College of Health Sciences, ...