Editing Scurvy (section)

=== 21st century ===
Rates of scurvy in the developed world are low due to the greater access to vitamin C-rich foods.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pope |first1=Michael |last2=Elder |first2=Joshua |title=Scurvy: An elusive diagnosis |journal=Clinical Case Reports |date=2023 |volume=11 |issue=6 |doi=10.1002/ccr3.7418 |url=https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7418|pmc=10225610 }}</ref> Those most commonly affected are [[malnourished]] people in the [[developing world]] and [[homeless]] people.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Khonsari|first1=H|last2=Grandière-Perez|first2=L|last3=Caumes|first3=E|title=[Scurvy, a re-emerging disease].|journal=La Revue de Médecine Interne|date=November 2005|volume=26|issue=11|pages=885–90|doi=10.1016/j.revmed.2005.03.007|pmid=15949874}}</ref> There have been outbreaks of the condition in [[refugee camps]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Mason|first1=JB|title=Lessons on nutrition of displaced people.|journal=The Journal of Nutrition|date=July 2002|volume=132|issue=7|pages=2096S–2103S|pmid=12097702|doi=10.1093/jn/132.7.2096s|doi-access=free}}</ref> Case reports in the developing world of those with poorly healing wounds have occurred.<ref name="Westmead 2016">{{cite web |url=https://www.westmeadinstitute.org.au/news-and-events/2016/surprise-scurvy-cases-suggest-nutrient-deficiencie |title=Surprise scurvy cases suggest nutrient deficiencies, even amongst the obese |publisher=[[Westmead Institute for Medical Research]] |date=28 November 2016 |access-date=2017-08-23 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823122600/https://www.westmeadinstitute.org.au/news-and-events/2016/surprise-scurvy-cases-suggest-nutrient-deficiencie |archive-date=23 August 2017 }}</ref>

In 2020, the overall incidence of scurvy in the US was about one in 4,000 people, up significantly from even a few years before. About two-thirds of all scurvy is found in [[autism|autistic]] people.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Reikersdorfer |first1=Kristen N. |last2=Singh |first2=Aaron |last3=Young |first3=Jason D. |last4=Batty |first4=Miles B. |last5=Steele |first5=Amy E. |last6=Yuen |first6=Leslie C. |last7=Momtaz |first7=David A. |last8=Weissert |first8=Joleen N. |last9=Liu |first9=David S. |last10=Hogue |first10=Grant D. |date=2024-07-01 |title=The Troubling Rise of Scurvy: A Review and National Analysis of Incidence, Associated Risk Factors, and Clinical Manifestations |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global Research & Reviews |volume=8 |issue=7 |pages=e24.00162 |doi=10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-24-00162 |issn=2474-7661 |pmc=11251681 |pmid=39018570}}</ref> Children and young people with autism are at risk of developing scurvy because some of them only eat a small number of foods (e.g., only rice and pasta).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kinlin |first1=Laura M. |last2=Weinstein |first2=Michael |date=November 2023 |title=Scurvy: old disease, new lessons |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37795755 |journal=Paediatrics and International Child Health |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=83–94 |doi=10.1080/20469047.2023.2262787 |issn=2046-9055 |pmid=37795755}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kothari |first1=Priya |last2=Tate |first2=Anupama |last3=Adewumi |first3=Abimbola |last4=Kinlin |first4=Laura M. |last5=Ritwik |first5=Priyanshi |date=May 2020 |title=The risk for scurvy in children with neurodevelopmental disorders |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32330999 |journal=Special Care in Dentistry|volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=251–259 |doi=10.1111/scd.12459 |issn=1754-4505 |pmid=32330999}}</ref> For some of them, the restricted diet takes the form of [[avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder]] (ARFID).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sharp |first1=William G. |last2=Berry |first2=Rashelle C. |last3=Burrell |first3=Lindsey |last4=Scahill |first4=Lawrence |last5=McElhanon |first5=Barbara O. |date=2020 |title=Scurvy as a Sequela of Avoidant-Restrictive Food Intake Disorder in Autism: A Systematic Review |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32044868 |journal=Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics |volume=41 |issue=5 |pages=397–405 |doi=10.1097/DBP.0000000000000782 |issn=1536-7312 |pmid=32044868}}</ref>