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Scurvy: Introduction

Scurvy: Severe disease from vitamin C deficiency. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Scurvy is available below.

Symptoms of Scurvy

• Tiredness
• Weakness
• Irritability
• Aches and pains
• Poor healing
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 16 symptoms of Scurvy

Treatments for Scurvy

• Adequate diet - sources include citrus fruits (lemons, limes, oranges)
• Berries
• Capsicum
• Parsley
• Pawpaw
• more treatments...»

See full list of 9 treatments for Scurvy

Wrongly Diagnosed with Scurvy?

• Misdiagnosis of Scurvy
• Failure to diagnose Scurvy
• Hidden causes of Scurvy (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Scurvy

Scurvy: Related Patient Stories

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Scurvy: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Scurvy:

• Malabsorption of iron - because Vitamin C is important to iron absorption.
• Iron deficiency
• Anemia
• Iron deficiency anemia
• Internal bleeding
• Scorbutic dysentery (type of Dysentery)
• more complications...»

Causes of Scurvy

• Inadequate diet
• Vitamin C deficiency
• Alcoholism
• Homelessness
• more causes...»

Read more about causes of Scurvy

More information about causes of Scurvy:

• Underlying causes of Scurvy
• Scurvy as a complication caused by other conditions
• Scurvy as a symptom

Disease Topics Related To Scurvy

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Scurvy:

• Infantile scurvy
• Barlow disease
• Barlow's disease
• Cheadle disease
• Cheadle's disease
• more related diseases...»

Misdiagnosis and Scurvy

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Prevention of Scurvy

Prevention information for Scurvy has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Scurvy.

• Adequate diet - sources include citrus fruits (lemons, limes, oranges), berries, capsicum, parsley, pawpaw, leafy green vegetables.
• Vitamin C supplements
• more preventions...»

Read more about prevention of Scurvy

Scurvy: Broader Related Topics

• Vitamin deficiency
• more types...»

Types of Scurvy

Scurvy Message Boards

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• I can not get a diagnosis. Please help.
• Tell us your medical story.
• Share your misdiagnosis story.
• What is the best treatment for this?
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Definitions of Scurvy:

Condition due to a deficiency of vitamin C. - (Source - Diseases Database)

A condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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