Rizzotto A

Rizzotto A

Italy

Publications
  • Case Report
    A Forgotten Disease in the Land of Citrus Fruit
    Author(s): Neri S, Pollicino C, Rizzotto A and Arcidiacono ENeri S, Pollicino C, Rizzotto A and Arcidiacono E

     Scurvy is a nearly-forgotten disease in developed countries where adequate nutrition is easily available, the few cases of scurvy reported in the 21st century have mainly occurred in the neglected elderly, alcoholics and food faddist. Nutritional deficiency, however, may be a presenting sign of undiagnosed psychiatric illness (eating disorders, psychotic depression and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder-OCD). We report the case of a 15-year-old patient with depression who developed scurvy as a secondary complication to a primary psychiatric pathology regarding depression. With vitamin C replacement, psychiatric medication and behavioural therapy there was an improvement in his condition. We strongly recommend a high index of suspicion for this disease in the specific populations at risk, described as the socially isolated adult or elderly patient wi.. View More»
    DOI: 10.4172/2161-0509.1000106

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