A patient has a history of poor nutrition. He has skin rash, bleeding gums, and a cut that hasn't healed in a long time. What vitamin deficiency most likely caused these symptoms ?
Vitamin C also known as ascorbic acid is a water soluble vitamin which plays various important roles in the body and has many health benefits. For example the vitamin is necessary for growth, development and repair for all body tissues, also involved in body functions such as absorption of iron, immune system, etc.
Vitamin C deficiency also known as scurvy may cause bleeding of gums and other symptoms which include; joint pain and stiffness, loose teeth with bleeding gums, bleeding under the skin and deep tissues, anemia and slow wound healing.
