World Health Organization : Year 1999 ; World Health Organization, Department of Nutrition for Health Development, No. 99.11: Scurvy and its Prevention and Control in Major Emergencies

By World Health Organization

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1999 ; World Health Organization, Department of Nutrition for Health Development, No. 99.11: Scurvy and its Prevention and Control in Major Emergencies
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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Citation APA MLA Chicago Organization, W. H. (n.d.). World Health Organization : Year 1999 ; World Health Organization, Department of Nutrition for Health Development, No. 99.11. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

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Acknowledgements The Department of Nutrition for Health and Development at the World Health Organization (WHO), wishes to thank the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) for the financial support that made the production of this document possible, and all those who generously gave their time to comment on an earlier draft version, especially Ken Bailey and Jim Akré from the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, WHO, and to Rita Bhatia, UNHCR, whose suggestions are reflected herein. Grateful acknowledgement is due to Professor Prakash S. Shetty, Head, Public Health Nutrition Unit, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, for his tireless efforts to ensure the review’s completeness and technical accuracy and also to Carol Aldous for preparing the document for publication.

Table of Contents
Contents Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Scurvy: definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Recent outbreaks of scurvy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Risk factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Scurvy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Signs and symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Classic scurvy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Experimental scurvy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Mild vitamin C deficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Scurvy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Diagnosis of scurvy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 History of scurvy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Outbreaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Treatment and prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Antiscorbutic foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Germinated seeds and malt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Inuit diets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Vitamin C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Physiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13