Sentences with phrase «symptoms of scurvy»

The symptoms of scurvy are the effects.

The symptoms of scurvy are bleeding gums and loose teeth.

A lot of people might think «scurvy» is just pirate lingo, but it's actually a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C. Symptoms of scurvy include fatigue, gum disease, anemia, scaly skin, and easy bruising.

One of the symptoms of scurvy (extreme vitamin C deficiency) is bleeding from the mucus membranes, including the gut lining.

Lack of it can cause depression (a known symptom of scurvy).

Not exact matches

Strict human carnivores have to eat it raw or lightly cooked to get enough to prevent scurvy (not to mention whatever other issues come from being deficient)-- and even then many of them have had to admit defeat and start supplementing with Vitamin C because their teeth are loosening, amid other scurvy symptoms.

A deficiency of vitamin C — which is actually rare in the developed world — can lead to a condition called scurvy, the symptoms of which include pain in the joints, fatigue, bleeding or inflamed gums and — in babies — problems with growth.

Similarly, in the 1700s, sailors suffering from scurvy, now known to be a vitamin C deficiency, could reverse their symptoms by consuming high levels of citrus fruits.

While deficiency — known as scurvy — is uncommon, it can occur, with symptoms including irritability, leg pain, loss of appetite, shortness of breath, fever, tissue haemorrhaging and pain.

A very popular remedy to relieve the symptoms of cold, as well as scurvy, is to drink the fresh juice a lemon mixed it with honey.