What is Vitamin C deficiency?
What is Vitamin C deficiency?
- Vitamin C deficiency: Indequate vitamin C in the diet.
- Vitamin C deficiency: condition due to a deficiency of vitamin C.
Source - Diseases Database
Vitamin C deficiency: Introduction
Types of Vitamin C deficiency:
Broader types of Vitamin C deficiency:
How serious is Vitamin C deficiency?
Complications of Vitamin C deficiency:
see complications of Vitamin C deficiency
What causes Vitamin C deficiency?
Causes of Vitamin C deficiency: see causes of Vitamin C deficiency
Risk factors for Vitamin C deficiency:
see
risk factors for Vitamin C deficiency
What are the symptoms of Vitamin C deficiency?
Symptoms of Vitamin C deficiency:
see symptoms of Vitamin C deficiency
Complications of Vitamin C deficiency:
see complications of Vitamin C deficiency
Vitamin C deficiency: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Vitamin C deficiency.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Vitamin C deficiency.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Vitamin C deficiency:
see treatments for Vitamin C deficiency
Prevention of Vitamin C deficiency:
see prevention of Vitamin C deficiency
Research for Vitamin C deficiency:
see research for Vitamin C deficiency
Society issues for Vitamin C deficiency
Hospitalization statistics for Vitamin C deficiency:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Vitamin C deficiency:
- 0.0001% (8) of hospital consultant episodes were for ascorbic acid deficiency in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 88% of hospital consultant episodes for ascorbic acid deficiency required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 75% of hospital consultant episodes for ascorbic acid deficiency were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 25% of hospital consultant episodes for ascorbic acid deficiency were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for ascorbic acid deficiency required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Vitamin C deficiency
Main name of condition: Vitamin C deficiency
Class of Condition for Vitamin C deficiency: deficiency vitamin
Other names or spellings for Vitamin C deficiency:
ascorbic acid deficiency
Ascorbic acid deficiency, Barlow's disease, Scurvy
Source - Diseases Database
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