While attempting to sail solo from Los Angeles to Tahiti, Seth encountered a storm that marooned him on an uninhabited island. He was able, using his ingenuity and a pocket knife, to obtain plenty of fish to eat, and roots were plentiful. However, the island was barren of fruits and soon his gums began to bleed and he started to develop several infections. Analyze his problem.

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Hello, everyone and welcome to today's video. So a homeless individual residing by the sea shore for a year develops bleeding gums, open further investigation, it was discovered that the individual has abstained from consuming fruits and vegetables for the past nine months, which are the following deficiencies in vitamins or minerals could potentially be responsible for the occurrence of bleeding gums in these homeless individuals. As answer choice A we have vitamin BB, we have vitamin AC, we have vitamin DD, we have vitamin C. So in order to solve this problem, we're going to be talking about collagen. Now, we know from previous videos that collagen is a protein that provides structure and support to the body's connective tissues including the gums. Now, without enough collagen, we're going to lead to weakened blood vessels in the gums, resulting in inflammation, tenderness and eventually we're going to have bleeding guns, which is exactly what this individual is experiencing as we can see up here. Now, collagen is going to be regulated or is going to be vastly supported by the consumption of vitamin C. So without enough vitamin C in our bodies, we're not going to be able to produce collagen as well. And our gums are going to suffer as a result as well as many other parts in our body. Now, we are told that this individual has abstained from consuming fruits and vegetables, which are excellent sources of vitamin C. So we know that there is cause for him having a deficiency in just vitamin C within the body. So we're going to come to the conclusion that this deficiency of vitamin C led to a deficiency in collagen which led to bleeding gums. So the correct answer choice here is answer choice D which is vitamin C. I really hope this video helped you and I hope to see you on the next one.