How much fresh fruit and vegetables do you eat? It seems that Australia has joined Britain in seeing scurvy - a disease historically associated with old-world sailors on long voyages - make a surprise comeback. Caused by vitamin C deficiency, it used to be a common, and often fatal, curse among seafarers who went months without fresh fruit or vegetables.
Now considered rare, health officials have revealed a spate of cases due to poor dietary habits said Jenny Gunton, who heads the Centre for Diabetes, Obesity and Endocrinology research at the Westmead Institute in Sydney. She discovered the disease after several of her patients with wounds failed to heal.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/29/scurvy-makes-comeback-australia-dietary-habits-worsen/
Now considered rare, health officials have revealed a spate of cases due to poor dietary habits said Jenny Gunton, who heads the Centre for Diabetes, Obesity and Endocrinology research at the Westmead Institute in Sydney. She discovered the disease after several of her patients with wounds failed to heal.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/29/scurvy-makes-comeback-australia-dietary-habits-worsen/