A four year old boy, with swollen bleeding gums, petechiae and dry eyes. Diagnosis:
Correct Answer: Scurvy
Description: Ans. (c) ScurvyRef : OP Ghai 8th ed./120* Scurvy is a dietary deficiency of vit C (ascorbic acid)* It is one of the malnutrition disease.Symptoms:# Malaise and lethargy.# Shortness of breath and bone pain# Myalgias may occur because of reduced carnitine production.# Skin changes with roughness, easy bruising and petechiae, gum swelling & bleeding, loosening ofteeth, poor wound healing.# Dry mouth and dry eyes# Jaundice, generalized edema, oliguria, neuropathy, fever, convulsions.
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