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)

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Tree Number(s): C18.654.521.500.133.115

MeSH Unique ID: D001206

Entry Terms:

• Deficiency, Ascorbic Acid
• Ascorbic Acid Deficiencies
• Deficiencies, Ascorbic Acid
• Deficiency, Vitamin C
• Deficiencies, Vitamin C
• Vitamin C Deficiencies
• Vitamin C Deficiency

See Also:

• Scurvy

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Diseases Category
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Nutrition Disorders
Malnutrition
Deficiency Diseases
Avitaminosis
Ascorbic Acid Deficiency
Scurvy