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  • Scurvy
    • Economic impacts
      • Days off sick from work
      • NHS
      • Mental health services
      • hyug
      • Insurance
    • Biology of scurvy
      • Why is vitamin C so important for health?
      • Complications of scurvy
      • Sources of vitamin C
        • Raw meat and milk
        • Fruits and vegetables
        • Synthetic vitamin supplements
      • Prevention and treatment
        • Increased intake of vitamin C from diet or supplements
    • History of scurvy
      • Earliest recorded cases - ancient Egypt, Hippocrates, Pliny
      • Maritime (15th - 18th century)
        • Dr Lind's experiment
        • Introduction of lemons and lemon juice on board ships
      • 19th and 20th century
        • California Gld Rush
        • American Civil War
        • Scurvy in wealthy infants
        • Crimean War
        • Terra Nova Expedition
      • Discovery of Vitamin C
        • Szent-Gyorgyi
        • Holst and Frohlick
      • 16 million years ago...
        • GULO gene lost
    • Present day scurvy
      • Elderly
      • Cold environments
    • Is scurvy still prevalent today?
      • For
        • 27% increase in hospital admissions
        • May go unrecognised, doctors may not consider it in diagnosis
        • May be low level - not enough to be noticeable
        • Will often be chronic
      • Against
        • Never really hear about it
        • Now only really affects specific demographics of people e.g elderly
        • Very low incidence compared to other diseases e.g cancer
        • Easy to treat

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