Canadian woman didn't have access to fresh food, study says.
A 65-year-old Canadian woman diagnosed with scurvy is raising questions over whether a condition often associated with 18th-century sailors could signal another warning sign of modern poverty.
“This social isolation had resulted in a sustained period of dietary intake limited to predominantly nonperishable foods — specifically, canned soup and tuna fish, along with white bread and processed cheese," wrote the doctors. Scurvy sufferers face painful joint swelling, brittle bones and easy bruising, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. As the disorder progresses, eyes bleed, the immune system collapses and organs fail in the lead up to death.
“Someone needs to be severely deficient. Really no vitamin C in their diet for a couple of months before scurvy develops. That means a severely restricted diet,” Engelhart said. In the latest CMAJ study, Engelhart pointed to national data showing vitamin C deficiency impacting 5.9 per cent of the U.S. population and as much as 25 per cent of some British populations facing poverty.
“As prices have risen and more and more people are getting pushed to the margins, it makes sense that, day after day after day, if they're eating a really compromised diet,” said Tarasuk.
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