Lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid)--scurvy--causes hair damage, bleeding under the skin, in muscles and joints, gum disease, poor wound healing, and in severe cases convulsions, fever, loss of blood pressure, and death.
It means that you don't get enough vitamin c, and your body is defected because of that. :) hope that helps
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A deficiency is a lack or shortage, therefore deficiency diseases are caused by a lack or shortage of necessary nutrients in the body. One example is scurvy, a disease associated with pirates that occurs when an individual suffers from a vitamin C deficiency.
Scurvy.....Scurvy cannot be spread, it is a deficiency disease. Scurvy is caused by a severe lack of vitamin C.
A disease known as scurvy is caused by a vitamin c deficiency
'Scurvy' is a disease caused by the lack of vitamin C ,
scurvy, from vitamin C deficiency
caused by a lack of a nutrient in the diet
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Scurvy is caused by lack of vitamin C. I`m telling you EAT YOUR VITAMIN C.
If left untreated people can die from scurvy. However, treatments is as simple as giving vitamin c (ascorbic acid) thus death from scurvy is rare in developed nations.Who wrote the thingat the top? Scurvy KILLS YOU
No. Scurvy is caused by a lack of Vitamin C, which is found in high concentrations in citrus fruits.