Symptoms of an acute overdose of vitamin A (develop 6 hours after the administration): drowsiness, lethargy, diplopia, dizziness, severe headache, nausea, severe vomiting, diarrhea, irritability, osteoporosis, gingival bleeding, dryness and ulceration of the oral mucosa, exfoliation of the lips, skin (especially the palms), agitation, confusion, increased intracranial pressure (in infants - hydrocephalus, protrusion of the fontanel).
Symptoms of chronic intoxication with vitamin A: anorexia, bone pain, cracks and dry skin, lips, dryness of the oral mucosa, gastralgia, vomiting, hyperthermia, asthenia, headache, photosensitivity, pollakiuria, nocturia, polyuria, irritability, hair loss, yellow-orange spots on the soles, palms, in the region of the nasolabial triangle, hepatotoxic phenomena,wintraocular pressure, oligomenorrhoea, portal hypertension, hemolytic anemia, changes in radiographs of bones, convulsions.
Symptoms of an overdose of vitamin E: when taken for a long period at doses of 400-800 U / day - blurred vision, dizziness, headache, nausea, diarrhea,gastralgia, asthenia; when taking more than 800 IU / day for a long period - an increase in patients with hypovitaminosis risk of bleeding K metabolism disorders of the thyroid hormones, sexual function disorders, thrombophlebitis, thromboembolism, necrotizing colitis, sepsis, hepatomegaly, hyperbilirubinemia, renal failure, bleeding in the mesh a covering of an eye, a hemorrhagic stroke, an ascites.
Treatment: discontinuation of the drug; symptomatic therapy.