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Vitamin C deficiency

Vitamin C deficiency: Introduction

Vitamin C deficiency: Indequate vitamin C in the diet. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Vitamin C deficiency is available below.

Symptoms of Vitamin C deficiency

• Symptoms of mild deficiency:
  • Weakness
  • Lassitude
  • Swollen gums
  • Nosebleeds
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 6 symptoms of Vitamin C deficiency

Treatments for Vitamin C deficiency

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

See full list of 9 treatments for Vitamin C deficiency

Wrongly Diagnosed with Vitamin C deficiency?

• Misdiagnosis of Vitamin C deficiency
• Failure to diagnose Vitamin C deficiency
• Hidden causes of Vitamin C deficiency (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Vitamin C deficiency

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Vitamin C deficiency: Deaths

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Vitamin C deficiency: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Vitamin C deficiency:

• Scurvy
• Iron deficiency anemia
• Anemia
• more complications...»

Causes of Vitamin C deficiency

• Inadequate diet
• Alcoholism
• Homelessness
• more causes...»

Read more about causes of Vitamin C deficiency

More information about causes of Vitamin C deficiency:

• Underlying causes of Vitamin C deficiency
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Disease Topics Related To Vitamin C deficiency

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Vitamin C deficiency:

• Redox
• Malabsorption
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• more related diseases...»

Misdiagnosis and Vitamin C deficiency

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Vitamin C deficiency

Medical research articles related to Vitamin C deficiency include:

• Scurvy (Diagnosis)
• Scurvy (Overview)
• Scurvy (Follow-up)
• Purpuric Rashes
• Scurvy (Overview)
• Thalassemia (Diagnosis)
• more research...»

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Research about Vitamin C deficiency

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Clinical Trials for Vitamin C deficiency

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Vitamin C deficiency include:

• Study of the Effects of Vitamin C on Patients With Type 2 Diabetes - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Acetylcholine
• more trials...»

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Prevention of Vitamin C deficiency

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

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

Read more about prevention of Vitamin C deficiency

Statistics for Vitamin C deficiency

• Medical statistics for Vitamin C deficiency
• Death and Mortality statistics for Vitamin C deficiency
• Society statistics for Vitamin C deficiency

Vitamin C deficiency: Broader Related Topics

• Vitamin deficiency
• more types...»

Types of Vitamin C deficiency

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Definitions of Vitamin C deficiency:

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

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