Scurvy Overview
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Scurvy is a disease that occurs when you have a severe lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in your diet. Scurvy causes general weakness, anemia, gum disease, poor wound healing, and skin hemorrhages.
Scurvy is rare in the United States. Older adults who are not getting proper nutrition are most affected by scurvy.
Vitamin C deficiency; Deficiency - vitamin C; Scorbutus
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Summary: Vitamin C is an important antioxidant in the human body and plays many important roles. It is currently known that vitamin C has the functions of treating scurvy, assisting in collagen synthesis, whitening, and increasing immunity. Smokers, patients with cardiovascular disease, and patients with diabetes may have higher requirements for vitamins due to higher oxidative stress in the body. Liposome...
Summary: Scurvy is an almost forgotten carential pathology, caused by a deep vitamin C (or ascorbic acid) deficiency, a priori exceptional in industrialized countries. According to the French National Authority for Health standards, hypovitaminosis C is defined as a plasma vitamin C level of less than 23 μmol/L. This deficiency would affect 5 to 10% of the general population in industrialized countries and...
Published Date: July 08, 2023
Published By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UW Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David C. Dugdale, MD, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.
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