11:01 PM
Sunday 16 October 2022
Dr. Hossam Mawafi, Professor of Critical Cases at Kasr Al-Ainy College of Medicine, confirmed that vitamin C is one of the most important nutrients that a person needs daily, warning against its deficiency in the body.
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Muwafi said during his program, “Rabbi Zadni Alma”, broadcast on Sada Al-Balad channel, that the lack of vitamin C in the body causes a number of disturbing symptoms, the most prominent of which is bleeding.
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The Professor of Critical Care Medicine added that vitamin C deficiency causes bleeding for some people, as a result of the weakness of the walls of blood vessels throughout the body, making them vulnerable to laceration and blood flowing from them.
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He explained that bleeding gums is one of the most common forms of bleeding in people with vitamin C deficiency, in addition to bleeding under the skin and the appearance of blood spots in the white of the eye.
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He stressed that vitamin C is naturally present in many foods, especially vegetables and fruits, stressing the need to eat them on a daily basis, to maintain the balance of its levels in the body.
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