Disease Information for Scurvy (Clinical Manifestations)
Synonyms:
HYPOASCORBEMIA, SCORBUTUS, Scurvies, Scurvy, VITAMIN C INABILITY TO SYNTHESIZE
A condition due to deficiency of ASCORBIC ACID (vitamin C) in the diet and marked by weakness, anemia, spongy gums, a tendency to mucocutaneous hemorrhages and a brawny induration of the muscles of the calves and legs. (Dorland, 27th ed)
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Clinical Manifestations
- Signs & Symptoms
- Baldness/Alopecia
- Bilateral ankle rash/purpura
- Bleeding/excessive from mild trauma
- Bruising/Ecchymosis
- Delayed/poor wound healing
- Dependent purpura/sign
- Excess Sweating Children
- Fever and Rash
- Hair loss
- Hemorrhagic rash
- Hemorrhagic/Confluent ecchymotic rash
- Non-scarring Alopecia/balding
- Petechiae/Petechial rash
- Purpura
- Purpura, Generalized
- Rash
- Rash behind kness/confluent ecchymotic
- Rash on legs/ankles
- Acute spontaneous/widespread bleeding/signs
- Bleeding from all orifices
- Excessive/easy bruising tendency
- Anorexia Decreased appetite
- Coffee ground vomitus
- Glove stool exam guaiac positive
- Malnourished/poor nutrition status/signs
- Bleeding from mouth/oral blood
- Bleeding gums
- Bleeding/prolonged dental surgery
- Blood in mouth/gums/throat
- Cracked lips
- Loose teeth/falling out
- Oral lesion/ulcer
- Sore mouth
- Tongue lesion/sign
- Ulcerative stomatitis
- Pain in Extremities/Melalgias
- Apathy/Indifference
- Depressed/discouraged/sad
- Bilateral knee pains
- Joint effusion
- Joint Swelling
- Knee Pain
- Scorbutic rosary
- Single Joint Pain
- Sternal swelling
- Tender Bones (Long Bones)
- Epistaxis in Children
- Epistaxis, severe/persistent
- Fever
- Fever Febrile Possible
- Flu-Like Syndrome
- High body temperature
- Listlessness/lassitude
- Weakness non-neuromuscular/systemic
- Weight loss
- Bleeding from eyes
- Clinical Presentation & Variations
- Disease Progression
- Course/Potentially lethal/untreated
- Lethal Potential
- Signs & Symptoms
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