Scurvy is caused by lack of vitamin C or ascorbic acid. Inadequate intake of fresh fruits and vegetables can lead to this condition. The disease is likely to attack the rich as well as the poor, becuse it arises in the system not from an insufficient diet quantitatively, but from a diet lacking in organic mineral salts so essential to health and vitality.
The disease is more common in artificially fed infants. Cow0s milk contains less than half the vitamin C found in breast milk. This is reduced further if the milk is boiled or processed. Scurvy may also occur in older children who are mentally retarded and cannot chew, and are consequently fed on sloppy foods.
The most important factor in the prevention and treatment of scurvy in children is proper feeding. All children after their birth should be breast-fed for at least six months, as this is the best natural way to provide all the essential nutrients during this period. If for any reasons, it is not possible to breast-feed the child, he should be fed on either on cow0s milk or commercially available milk formulas. As far as possible, the baby should not be given artificially prepared, patent or […]

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