Ua hōʻoia nā ʻepekema i kēlā hoʻemi ʻia ka makaʻu o ka umauma maʻi maʻi i kēlā mau wahine e ʻai i ka ascorbic acid (wikamina C) ma kahi lōʻihi. ʻO ke aʻo ʻana, nāna i hoʻokumu i kēia hana a hala nā makahiki he 12, pili i nā wahine 3405 i ʻike ʻia me ka maʻi ʻaʻai maʻi maʻi invasive.
I loko o ka noiʻi, ua koi ka maʻi ʻaʻai i nā ola o 1055 poʻe, 416 o lākou i make i ka maʻi ʻaʻai umauma. Ka Ikepili o ka papaʻai o nā kumuhana, a me ka hoʻohui, lawe i nā mea hoʻopiha i hōʻike i kēlā ola ma hope o ka diagnose make, kēlā mau wahine i, ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana o ka maʻi ʻaʻai, i hoʻopili pū ʻia me ka papaʻai o ka lāʻau C… A loaʻa nā meaʻai a pau i ka waikawa ascorbic.
Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia kahi ʻāpana o nā hua citrus āpau - ʻalani, tangerine a me nā lemona. A ʻo nā pineapa hoʻi, nā ʻōmato, kālika, nā strawberry, nā mango, kiwi a me nā spinach, kāpī, ipu wai, nā pepa bele a me nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana o ia mau mea, a me ka wikamina i kona ʻano maʻemaʻe, e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e ka hoʻokolohua, hoʻemi i ka nui make o nā mea maʻi ʻaʻai e 25%. ʻOiai ʻo ka ʻāpana o kēlā me kēia lā o ka waihona wale nō he 100 mg wale nō.