Causes
• Inadequate intake of vitamin C
• Long sea voyages (historically)
• Famines
• Food faddism
• Ignorance
• Neglect
• Restrictive diets
Signs
•Black and blue spots or marks on the
skin, especially the legs
•Spongy gums or other gum disease
•Bleeding from mucous membranes
•Poor healing of wounds and bruises
•Hair Thinning or baldness
•Anemia
•Pallor
•Partial Immobility
Scurvy is
characterized by swollen and bleeding gums that cause tooth loss, soreness and
stiffness of joints and lower extremities, bleeding under the skin and in deep
tissues, slow wound healing, and anemia.
Gingival
Hemorrhage 
Corkscrew Hairs
