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Doctors discover case of scurvy in Western Australia, warn it is a 're-emerging diagnosis' (www.abc.net.au)

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The cost-of-living squeeze and poor diets are putting people at a higher risk of developing scurvy, with a case caused by an acute vitamin C deficiency recently treated at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth.

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[–] PugJesus 5 points 1 month ago

Christ people, eat some potatoes or some onions. My diet is pure dogshit and I still manage to not get scurvy. It's a HARD disease to get. Other nutritional deficiencies are much easier to accidentally come across.

Didn't know bariatric surgery was a risk factor though, that's interesting.