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What was the disease called that sailors lacked vitamin c?
Scurvey
What type of disease ids scurvey?
what type of disease is scurvey
Who threaten sailors at sea?
When? Pirates, U-Boats, Submarines, Moby Dick, Scurvey
What was the disease that was caused by lack of viamin c?
Scurvey
Where does scurvey originate?
Scurvy is the deficiency disease of vitamin C.
Why were sailors in the past susceptible to scurvey?
Lack of fresh food, ie vegetables and fruit, which contained Vitamin C and would have prevented scurvy.
How was scurvey pervented?
Scurvy was the result of vitamin C deficiency. The British figured out that limes had vitamin C and gave them and lemons to their sailors, hence the nickname "Limey."
Which disease did sailors get if they didn't eat enough vegetables?
It was scurvy - a disease causing weakness, anaemia, gingivitis (gum disease - teeth falling out), and skin haemorrhages caused by a prolonged deficiency of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in the sailors' diet.
Scurvey is caused due to deficiency of what?
Vitamin c. It was commonly a sailor's disease before they gave them oranges to fix it, or it might have been apples.
What are the symptoms of scurvey?
No
Did sailors eat a fruit to cure scurvy what was the vitamin deficiency?
Yes they did. They added limes to their diet. Because of this, sailors are called "Limeys". This was because of the defieciency of the vitamin C in their diet. See the related link for more information.
When sailors had no enough fresh food what disease did they get?
Maleria
