Vitamin C is an essential nutrient in our diet. It has many important roles our body’s immune function, including:
- wound healing
- preventing damage to cells
- building collagen
- producing chemical messengers called neurotransmitters
Many people take vitamin C for general health or to boost their immune system. It’s also taken to treat vitamin C deficiency.
Vitamin C deficiency can lead to scurvy. Characteristic symptoms of vitamin C deficiencyinclude:
- swollen and bleeding gums
- fatigue
- poor wound healing
- joint pain
- loose teeth
- colored spots on the skin
Vitamin C injections are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating vitamin C deficiency. They’re also approved for helping to treat serious wounds from trauma or burns.
