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Doctors discover case of scurvy in Western Australia, warn it is a 're-emerging diagnosis' (www.abc.net.au)
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The cost-of-living squeeze and poor diets are putting people at a higher risk of developing scurvy, with a case caused by an acute vitamin C deficiency recently treated at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We thought we cured scury, like, 6 times and it keeps coming back.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

"Arrr you'll never defeat me" - scurvy probably