Rebel Dietitian - "Victorian Diseases Like #Scurvy and Scarlet Fever Are on the Rise in the UK." Unbelievable! Scurvy is due to deficiency of vitamin C; which, is found only in plants. #
![Clinical presentation of scurvy. Perifollicular erythema, keratosis... | Download Scientific Diagram Clinical presentation of scurvy. Perifollicular erythema, keratosis... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271727394/figure/fig3/AS:669048920625158@1536525101688/Clinical-presentation-of-scurvy-Perifollicular-erythema-keratosis-pilariselike.jpg)
Clinical presentation of scurvy. Perifollicular erythema, keratosis... | Download Scientific Diagram
![End stage scurvy in the developed world: A diagnostic conundrum but not to be mistaken for pyoderma gangrenosum - Le - 2019 - International Wound Journal - Wiley Online Library End stage scurvy in the developed world: A diagnostic conundrum but not to be mistaken for pyoderma gangrenosum - Le - 2019 - International Wound Journal - Wiley Online Library](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/cms/asset/6b655bcb-e166-4226-8136-7fbb99a0b9e2/iwj13149-fig-0002-m.jpg)
End stage scurvy in the developed world: A diagnostic conundrum but not to be mistaken for pyoderma gangrenosum - Le - 2019 - International Wound Journal - Wiley Online Library
![The Lancet on Twitter: "Clinical Picture: A woman presented with fatigue, dizziness, easy bruising, and a diffuse rash. Skin biopsy showed corkscrew-shaped hair follicles and histopathological examination showed follicular hyperkeratosis and plugging. The Lancet on Twitter: "Clinical Picture: A woman presented with fatigue, dizziness, easy bruising, and a diffuse rash. Skin biopsy showed corkscrew-shaped hair follicles and histopathological examination showed follicular hyperkeratosis and plugging.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dj_a_nkU4AAG__D.jpg)
The Lancet on Twitter: "Clinical Picture: A woman presented with fatigue, dizziness, easy bruising, and a diffuse rash. Skin biopsy showed corkscrew-shaped hair follicles and histopathological examination showed follicular hyperkeratosis and plugging.
![Corkscrew hair at the base of the follicle is indicative of vitamin C... | Download Scientific Diagram Corkscrew hair at the base of the follicle is indicative of vitamin C... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dema-Esper/publication/274401959/figure/fig4/AS:538564769349632@1505415255195/Corkscrew-hair-at-the-base-of-the-follicle-is-indicative-of-vitamin-C-deficiency_Q640.jpg)
Corkscrew hair at the base of the follicle is indicative of vitamin C... | Download Scientific Diagram
![Scurvy. Cause Vitamin C deficiency: Ascorbic acid protects DNA, proteins, and vessel walls from free radicals and more importantly enables the enzymes. - ppt download Scurvy. Cause Vitamin C deficiency: Ascorbic acid protects DNA, proteins, and vessel walls from free radicals and more importantly enables the enzymes. - ppt download](https://images.slideplayer.com/23/6870806/slides/slide_5.jpg)