Ascorbic acid deficiency

Introduction: Ascorbic acid deficiency

Description of Ascorbic acid deficiency

Ascorbic acid deficiency (medical condition): Indequate vitamin C in the diet. See also Vitamin C deficiency:
  »Introduction: Vitamin C deficiency
  »Symptoms of Vitamin C deficiency
  »Causes of Vitamin C deficiency
  »Treatments for Vitamin C deficiency

Ascorbic acid deficiency: condition due to a deficiency of vitamin C.
Source: Diseases Database

Ascorbic acid deficiency: A condition due to a dietary deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C), characterized by malaise, lethargy, and weakness. As the disease progresses, joints, muscles, and subcutaneous tissues may become the sites of hemorrhage. Ascorbic acid deficiency frequently develops into SCURVY in young children fed unsupplemented cow's milk exclusively during their first year. It develops also commonly in chronic alcoholism. (Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1177).
Source: MeSH 2007

Ascorbic acid deficiency as a Disease

Ascorbic acid deficiency: Another name for Vitamin C deficiency (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Vitamin C deficiency
  »Symptoms of Vitamin C deficiency
  »Causes of Vitamin C deficiency
  »Treatments for Vitamin C deficiency

Ascorbic acid deficiency: Ascorbic acid deficiency is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database: Vitamin deficiency

Causes of Ascorbic acid deficiency

Some of the causes of Ascorbic acid deficiency are included in the list below:

• Inadequate diet
• Alcoholism
• Homelessness

Read more about causes of Ascorbic acid deficiency (Vitamin C deficiency)

Symptoms of Ascorbic acid deficiency (Vitamin C deficiency)

Some of the symptoms of Ascorbic acid deficiency incude:

• Symptoms of mild deficiency:
  • Weakness
  • Lassitude
  • Swollen gums
  • Nosebleeds

See full list of 6 symptoms of Ascorbic acid deficiency (Vitamin C deficiency)

Treatments for Ascorbic acid deficiency (Vitamin C deficiency)

Treatments for Ascorbic acid deficiency (Vitamin C deficiency) include:

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

See full list of 9 treatments for Ascorbic acid deficiency

Treatment of Ascorbic acid deficiency: For more treatment information about Ascorbic acid deficiency, see treatment of Vitamin C deficiency (Ascorbic acid deficiency)

Terms associated with Ascorbic acid deficiency:

Terms Similar to Ascorbic acid deficiency:

• Barlow's disease
• Scurvy
• Vitamin C deficiency

Source: Diseases Database

• Vitamin C Deficiency

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Scurvy

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Ascorbic acid deficiency:

• Scurvy

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Ascorbic acid deficiency

• Avitaminosis

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Ascorbic acid deficiency

The following list attempts to classify Ascorbic acid deficiency into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
  • Nutrition Disorders
    • Malnutrition
      • Deficiency Diseases
        • Avitaminosis
          • Ascorbic Acid Deficiency

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES
• ENDOCRINE, NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC DISEASES, AND IMMUNITY DISORDERS
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

External links related to: Ascorbic acid deficiency

• Möller-Barlow disease (www.whonamedit.com)
• OMIM - HYPOASCORBEMIA
• Scurvy - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• eMedicine - Scurvy : Article by Anne Laumann, MB, BCh, MRCP(UK)
• eMedicine - Scurvy : Article by Kumaravel Rajakumar, MD
• scurvy
• eMedicine - Scurvy : Article by Bruce M Rothschild, MD
• eMedicine - Scurvy : Article by Lynne Goebel, MD

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