Vitamin Deficiency

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Vitamin C deficiency leads to:

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1. **Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)**: A water-soluble vitamin that acts as a powerful antioxidant.
2. **Biochemical Role**: It is an essential cofactor for enzymes involved in **collagen synthesis** (specifically hydroxylation of proline and lysine).
3. **Disease**: Without collagen stability, connective tissues weaken.
4. **Symptoms of Scurvy**: Bleeding gums, slow wound healing, joint pain, and anemia.
5. **Other options**: 
   - Rickets: Vitamin D
   - Night Blindness: Vitamin A
   - Pernicious Anemia: Vitamin $B_{12}$

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Vitamin Deficiency

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