The following are the symptoms of a deficiency disease. Can you identify the disease and nutrient related to it?
i) Bleeding gums

ii) Wounds take longer time to heal

Scurvy - vitamin C

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Beriberi - vitamin C

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Solution

The correct option is A Scurvy - vitamin C
Bleeding gums and slow healing of wounds are symptoms of scurvy. It is caused due to the deficiency of vitamin C in diet. Oranges, lemon, guava, tomatoes, green chillies, amla, etc are rich sources of vitamin C.

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