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Scurvy is one of the accompanying diseases of malnutrition (other such micronutrient deficiencies are beriberi and pellagra) and thus is still widespread in areas of the world dependent on external food aid. [11] Although rare, there are also documented cases of scurvy due to poor dietary choices by people living in industrialized nations. [12 ...
The condition is associated with sailors who weren't eating fruit and vegetables — but it's more common than you'd think.
Scurvy is still seen as a disease of the past, mainly in developed countries, but the rising cost of living is making it harder for families to afford good quality nutritious foods, they say ...
Print this story. From the 16th century to the 19th, scurvy killed around 2 million sailors, more than warfare, shipwrecks and syphilis combined. It was an ugly, smelly death, too, beginning with rattling teeth and ending with a body so rotted out from the inside that its victims could literally be startled to death by a loud noise.
Scurvy cases in England have more than doubled in the past ten years. But malnutrition rates have more than tripled.
Commelina cyanea, commonly known as scurvy weed, is a perennial prostrate herb of the family Commelinaceae native to moist forests and woodlands of eastern Australia, [3] Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. The blue flowers appear over the warmer months and are pollinated by bees and flies.
Commelina ensifolia, commonly known as scurvy weed, scurvy grass or wandering Jew, [1] [2] is an annual herb native to Australia, India, and Sri Lanka. [ 3 ] The species grows as a prostrate herb , producing roots from the stem at the nodes. [ 1 ]
On May 20, 1747, Lind assessed a dozen patients with scurvy aboard the Royal Navy ship HMS Salisbury while at sea. All 12 patients were in the same part of the ship and shared a common diet ...