Hundreds of years ago, a deadly disease found in Australia, even a rash and bloody urine
Oct 23, 2024
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According to foreign media such as NewsCom, a middle-aged man who visited Sir Charles Gerdner Hospital in Australia complained of a rash of severe pain, bloody urine, and anemia symptoms.
Tests were negative for inflammatory, autoimmune and blood diseases, and no internal bleeding was found.
The medical staff explained that `the rash continued to spread while the patient was in the hospital.'
A face-to-face investigation revealed that he neglected his meals, such as eating few fruits and vegetables because he had no money.
I sometimes skipped meals and stopped taking them because I couldn't afford my previously prescribed nutritional supplements.
The medical staff conducted blood tests to assess overall nutritional status, which resulted in no vitamin C detected and very low levels of other major nutrients.
The medical staff diagnosed scurvy and treated it with vitamin C (1000mg), vitamin D3, folic acid and multivitamin supplements every day. Since then, other symptoms such as rash have disappeared and he has been discharged from the hospital.
Medical staff recently published cases of the patient's treatment in the British Medical Journal.
Meanwhile, scurvy is a disease in which bleeding disorders occur in each organ in the body due to a lack of vitamin C.
In the 16th and 18th centuries, the cause of the disease was unknown, so it was more of a fear to sailors than pirates.
Scurvy can be improved or prevented by initially prescribing vitamin C, etc., or consuming fruit and vegetable diets.
However, if left untreated, it can be fatal.
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