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- From the Latin word 'scorbutus'
- Symptoms: Lassitude, joint pain, bleeding gums, swollen extremities, slow healing of wounds
- Can be fatal if left untreated
- Involves bones in infantile scurvy
- Can effect any race, age or sex
- Serum ascorbic acid level: used to make a diagnosis of scurvy
- Normal serum ascorbic levels: 0.20 to 1.9 mg/dL
- At present, rare in developed countries
- May occur in the elderly and alcoholics
- May 2nd: International Scurvy Awareness Day
- Treatment: 500 mg of supplemental Vitamin C daily and Vitamin C rich food
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Scurvy is malady caused by a deficit of Vitamin C requirements in the diet. Humans lack the natural ability to produce ascorbic acid in the body. The body is solely dependent on diet and supplements for the daily requirement of Vitamin C. So without the proper amounts of Vitamin C scurvy can develop especially in cases like poverty, alcoholism, lack of teeth or malnutrition. Scurvy is very rare in the United States. Ascorbic acid is important and is required for normal collagen synthesis whereas collagen is a component of the connective tissues which forms the skin and mucous membrane.
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Scurvy History
Scurvy is an ancient disease first recorded as early as the 13th Century by Hippocrates. Scurvy received much attention during the 17th Century when numerous sailors suffered from and succumbed to the disease. Finding the cure for scurvy was one of the first documented clinical studies in medicine and was carried out by James Lind in 1747. Lind proved that citrus such as lemons cured scurvy. -
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Scurvy Questions
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How long without Vitamin C can a human go before the first symptoms of scurvy? What are the first symptoms? 3 AnswersFrom web md symptoms include .... " weakness, swollen joints, muscle hardness, gum problems, tooth loss, and slow healing of wounds. " Typical length of time ... read more
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Scurvy Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Scurvy Clinical Trials
Scurvy Discussion and Blogs
- Naked Scientists: Science Forum: The Scurvy, the Vitamin C and the Blasphemy
- The Pirateologist General: Horrible Things That Happen at Sea: Scurvy (February 1, 2008)
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@modernemama a) I put a whole lime in my gin & tonic (wards off the scurvy) and b) I knew that about Nancy Reagan, and it makes me cringe.
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@warrenellis It's also Scurvy Day
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I've decided that if the pilgrims can put up with scurvy and bonnets and big belt buckles than surely I can run in 34 degree weather.
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If life gives you lemons, than at least you'll have a smaller risk of scurvy.;)
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RT @Mattdavelewis I think Limeys all about the fruit the Royal Navy ate to prevent scurvy when they ruled the waves. Good times. (100% true)
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