it is the lack of vitamins.
It can be prevented by eating more fruits
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Vitamin C
There are very few reported deaths from scurvy each year, as the condition is rare in developed countries with access to fresh produce. Scurvy is easily prevented and treated with a diet rich in vitamin C.
Lack of fresh food, ie vegetables and fruit, which contained Vitamin C and would have prevented scurvy.
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The discovery that fresh fruit (particularly limes) prevented scurvy was important in improving the health of sailors on long distance voyages.
Scurvy is a condition caused by lack of Vitamin C; it is not a disease.
A disease known as scurvy is caused by a vitamin c deficiency
Vitamin C was discovered by a Scottish naval surgeon James Lind discovered that a nutrient (now known to be vitamin C) in citrus foods prevented scurvy in 1747.
Because they found that consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables, particularly those rich in Vitamin C prevented the development of Scurvy - limes are rich in Vitamin C
anyone can get scurvy. scurvy is a condition where your body is lacking vitamin C