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Sunday 16 October 2022
Dr Hossam Mawafi, a critical cases professor at Kasr Al-Ainy College of Medicine, confirmed that vitamin C is one of the most important nutrients a person needs every day, warning against its deficiency in the body.
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Muwafi said during his program, “Rabbi Zadni Alma,” broadcast by the Sada Al-Balad channel, that a lack of vitamin C in the body causes a number of disturbing symptoms, most notably bleeding.
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The intensive care medicine professor added that vitamin C deficiency causes bleeding in some people, due to the weakness of blood vessel walls throughout the body, making them vulnerable to laceration and blood flowing from them.
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He explained that gum bleeding 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 fruit and vegetables, stressing the need to consume it daily, to maintain the balance of its levels in the body.
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