What are the symptoms indicating lack of Vitamin C in diet?

Softening of bones

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Delay in wound healing

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Weak muscles

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Bleeding gums

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B Delay in wound healing
D Bleeding gums
Even though vitamins are required in very small quantities, they are very important. Their deficiency can lead to diseases. Vitamin C helps in the formation of the protein collagen which is an essential protein for gums, teeth, etc. Thus, its deficiency causes scurvy. Symptoms of scurvy include delay in wound healing and bleeding of gums

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Bleeding gums and red patches on the skin are symptoms of a disease caused by vitamin deficiency. Identify the disease.

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