EPQ mind map
- Created by: lizzieroberts23
- Created on: 26-03-20 22:17
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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
- For
- Economic impacts
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