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Signs of a vitamin C deficiency in the body
1. Skin feels dry and easily damaged
2. Hair grows abnormally
3. Red spots around the roots of the hair
4. Bruises easily
5. Wounds take longer to heal
6. Joint pain
7. Get sick easily
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Vitamin C
The body is very necessary for various functions.When the amount is insufficient, the body gives a number of symptoms or signs.Here are some signs that the body is deficient in vitamin C.
Vitamin C is a ‘powerful’ antioxidant.This vitamin protects cells from damage, supports the body’s immune system, and repairs tissue damage.
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Some people apparently still lack vitamin C. This is experienced by those who follow a bad diet or unhealthy eating patterns, smoke, or have certain medical conditions, for example, anorexia.
Signs of a vitamin C deficiency in the body
The body cannot produce vitamin C. The supply of vitamin C can only be obtained from food intake, including vegetables and fruit.
Have your vitamin C needs been met?If you find the following signs, it means you are deficient in vitamin C.
1. Skin feels dry and easily damaged
Vitamin C plays an important role in the formation of collagen and protein in tissues such as skin, hair, joints, bones and blood vessels.
Vitamin C deficiency can trigger dry and easily damaged skin.In addition, keratosis pilaris or small nodules resembling chicken skin may appear on the upper arms, thighs or buttocks.
2. Hair grows abnormally
Vitamin C deficiency can cause hair to grow abnormally.Hair grows crooked, unnaturally curly, or coiled like a spiral due to changes in its protein structure.
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, this hair also breaks easily and falls out so it is often not clearly visible.Usually this situation will improve in about a month after vitamin C levels return to normal.
3. Red spots around the roots of the hair
Vitamin C keeps small blood vessels strong.Without sufficient vitamin C, the vessel walls easily break and light spots appear around the hair roots.This condition is called perifollicular hemorrhage.
In this case the body can recover in about two weeks with adequate supplementation.
4. Bruises easily
Blood vessels weaken when the body lacks vitamin C, so bruises form easily.Bruises on the surface of the skin can take the form of small purple spots or large bruises.
Easy bruising should be a signal to check nutritional adequacy, especially if it occurs for no apparent reason.
5. Wounds take longer to heal
One sign of vitamin C deficiency is that wounds take longer to heal.
Vitamin C is necessary for collagen production.When the amount is minimal, collagen production is automatically disrupted and wound healing becomes slow.
People with vitamin C deficiency can experience wounds that do not heal or even old wounds that reopen.
6. Joint pain
The connective tissue in joints contains a lot of collagen.When the body lacks vitamin C, joints can experience severe pain that interferes with mobility.
In more severe conditions, bleeding can occur within the joint, causing swelling and extraordinary pain.However, this condition usually subsides in about a week after increasing vitamin C intake.
7. Get sick easily
When you get sick easily, this could be a sign that your body lacks vitamin C.
Vitamin C helps immune cells work optimally and fight infections.A deficiency makes the body susceptible to disease, including serious infections such as pneumonia.
Some patients die from the infection because their immune system is unable to fight the pathogen.This shows that the role of vitamin C is very important for the body’s immune system.
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