Scurvy is a problem caused by lack of vitamin c .This problem is caused by having no or less quantity then we need of vitamin c in our daily diet. If you have not enough vitamin c in your daily diet you might get scurvy which can cause loosing teeth than swelling of some parts of the human body and sometimes death , because if you have less of vitamin c than you need it might cause some body parts to not do their function or doing their function but in a weak way. Also lack of vitamin C can cause Swelling of the gums and some other parts of the body.Swelling of the gums hurts a lot that's why people don’t want to have less quantity of vitamin c than they need because it might cause them not being able to eat because your teeth might be gone just because of having less quantity of vitamin c in your daily diet that's why most people have enough Vitamin c in their diet, Vitamin C has a big role in the body which is repair, children need a lot of vitamin c because if they have lack of vitamin c their body repairing will be impacted vitamin c is something that the body can’t produce because our DNA doesn’t allow us to do so like other minerals so that's why we should consume them to avoid scurvy.This graph shows deaths in england caused by scurvy.