ALLMedicine™ Scurvy Center

Feb 2nd, 2021 - Scurvy, or vitamin C deficiency, is rare. The goal of this study is to highlight the common risk factors and identify the orthopaedic presentation of scurvy in children. A retrospective chart and radiograph review was performed of all patients con...

Jan 20th, 2021 - This paper examines the emergence of scurvy in several parts of Lowland Scotland during 1847. At ÿ rst the condition was not recognised because of a mistaken, persistent belief that scurvy was only seen at sea, despite the work of James Lind who s...

Dec 31st, 2020 - Hibiscus species (Family: Malvaceae) have long been used in traditional medicine to treat a variety of maladies such as abscesses, bilious conditions, cancer, cough, fatigue, gastrointestinal discomfort, fever, veisalgia, cardiovascular disorders,...

Dec 29th, 2020 - A 58-year-old woman presented with a 1-week history of lower limb bruising. She had a medical history of recurrent metastatic colon cancer with a sigmoid colectomy and complete pelvic exenteration leading to colostomy and urostomy formation. She h...

Dec 28th, 2020 - An 18-year-old man presented to our hospital with muscular pain, diffuse petechiae, spontaneous thigh ecchymosis, edema and pain of the right knee, bilateral pretibial subcutaneous nodules, and gingival hypertrophy and hemorrhage. His history was ...

Feb 2nd, 2021 - Scurvy, or vitamin C deficiency, is rare. The goal of this study is to highlight the common risk factors and identify the orthopaedic presentation of scurvy in children. A retrospective chart and radiograph review was performed of all patients con...

Jan 20th, 2021 - This paper examines the emergence of scurvy in several parts of Lowland Scotland during 1847. At ÿ rst the condition was not recognised because of a mistaken, persistent belief that scurvy was only seen at sea, despite the work of James Lind who s...

Dec 31st, 2020 - Hibiscus species (Family: Malvaceae) have long been used in traditional medicine to treat a variety of maladies such as abscesses, bilious conditions, cancer, cough, fatigue, gastrointestinal discomfort, fever, veisalgia, cardiovascular disorders,...

Dec 29th, 2020 - A 58-year-old woman presented with a 1-week history of lower limb bruising. She had a medical history of recurrent metastatic colon cancer with a sigmoid colectomy and complete pelvic exenteration leading to colostomy and urostomy formation. She h...

Dec 28th, 2020 - An 18-year-old man presented to our hospital with muscular pain, diffuse petechiae, spontaneous thigh ecchymosis, edema and pain of the right knee, bilateral pretibial subcutaneous nodules, and gingival hypertrophy and hemorrhage. His history was ...

Mar 5th, 2020 - Beau lines are palpable transverse depressions on the dorsal aspect of the nail plate that result from a temporary slowing of nail plate production by the proximal nail matrix. Onychomadesis is a separation of the proximal nail plate from the dist.

Apr 3rd, 2019 - Important sources of vitamin C include citrus fruits, strawberries, broccoli, spinach, and potatoes. Recommended daily intake is 75 to 90 mg, with smokers requiring 110 to 125 mg daily because of increased oxidative stress.

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Jan 20th, 2016 - Spanish baby develops scurvy after subsisting on almond milk for months. (Washington Post) Man with no signs of life after passing out for 12 hours in sub-zero cold last winter has almost completely recovered. "You have to be warm to be dead," sai...

Jan 18th, 2016 - (Reuters Health) - Plant-based beverages like almond milk can't be used to replace breast milk or infant formula, a new report warns. The authors of the report describe an infant in Spain who was fed only almond beverages or almond flour-based for...