Vitamin C Injection

Benefits of Vitamin C

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 deficiency include:

• swollen and bleeding gums
• fatigue
• poor wound healing
• joint pain
• loose teeth
• coloured spots on the skin

In some cases, signs of scurvy can occur within a month of consuming less than 10 milligrams (mg) per day of vitamin C.

Today, scurvy is rare in developed countries. It’s most likely to occur in people who:

• smoke
• consume a limited variety of food
• have nutrient absorption problems

Vitamin C injections are sometimes used off-label for other conditions, including:

• cancer
• general health
• immune function
• weight loss

Per Injection £40 

Course of 4 £160