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Scorbic acid) is essential for the formation, growth, and repair of bone, skin, and connective tissue (which binds other tissues and organs together and includes tendons, ligaments, and blood vessels). It helps the body absorb iron, which is needed to make red blood cells. Vitamin C also helps burns and wounds heal.
Good sources of vitamin C include citrus fruits, tomatoes, potatoes, broccoli, strawberries, and sweet peppers. (See also Overview of Vitamins Overview of Vitamins Vitamins are a vital part of a healthy diet.
1. Rough, Bumpy Skin
Tial nutrient that must be consumed regularly to prevent deficiency.
The most common risk factors for vitamin C deficiency are poor diet, alcoholism, anorexia, severe mental illness, smoking and dialysis
(Scurvy; Ascorbic Acid Deficiency)
gingival findings and risk factors)
Diagnosis of vitamin C deficiency is usually made clinically in a patient who has skin or gingival signs and is at risk of vitamin C deficiency. Laboratory confirmation may be available.
Bleeding, coagulation, and prothrombin times are normal. Changes are most evident at the ends of long bones, particularly at the knee. Loss of trabeculae results in a ground-glass appearance.
A line of calcified, irregular cartilage (white line of Fraenkel) may be visible at the metaphysis. The epiphysis may be compressed. Healing subperiosteal hemorrhages may elevate and calcify the periosteum.
Laboratory diagnosis, which requires measuring blood ascorbic acid, is sometimes done at academic centers. Measurement of ascorbic acid levels in the white blood cell-platelet layer of centrifuged blood is not widely available or standardize.
What Is Vitamin C?
Berries such as blackcurrants, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and cranberries.
Cantaloupe melon and watermelon. Certain foods such as cereals are fortified with vitamin C, which means that they have vitamin C added to them. Most vitamin C in the human diet is from fruit and vegetables.
Pregnant and breastfeeding women also need higher amounts of vitamin C in their diet. Children over the age of 15 years and adults need 40 mg per day.