You do not get it at any age. It is caused by a lack of Vitamin C in the person's diet.
A person with scurvy look like they have their teeth falling out also spongy gums,bleeding from mucous membranes and black,blue and red spots
A person with scurvy look like they have their teeth falling out also spongy gums,bleeding from mucous membranes and black,blue and red spots
Scurvy is fought with fresh juicy fruit. British seamen of long ago got the nickname of " Limies" because they headed for lime trees as soon as they reached land in the Tropics, to combat long weeks of lack of vitamins.
Scurvy is a disease caused by the lack of a specific vitamin in a person's diet. That vitamin is Vitamin "C". Citrus fruits are rich in vitamin "C" and British sailors were required to eat limes to prevent the disease occurring during long voyages.
A scurvy dog.
Malnutrition, scurvy
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Scurvy is caused by a complete lack of vitamin C in the diet. It is not seen very often now but sailors who where on very long trips and had no way to preserve food would show signs of scurvy.
Scurvy is caused by Vitamin C deficiency (which is why so many sailors used to get it: there was no fresh fruit on a long voyage).
No none of the sailors on the Mary Rose had scurvy. Mary Rose sank on her maiden voyage and her crew were not at sea long enough to get it.
It's real hard to tell who it was, since scurvy was described by Hippocrates (c. 460 BC-c. 380 BC) in Ancient Greece, and herbal cures for scurvy have been known in many native cultures since prehistory.
Scurvy causes gums that are spongy, pots on the skin and bleeding from their mucous membrane(at the nostrils, mouth, lips, eyelids and ears). A person with scurvy also looks pale, is immobilized, can feel depressed, and in advanced cases causes loss of teeth and open wounds.