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Beriberi
Treatment
- Balance diet with thiamine rich foods
- Pork, Liver, Whole Grains
- Vitamin Supplements
Berberi
Symptoms
Causes
- caused by a deficiency of vitamin B1 also known as Thiamine.
- Beriberi is common is places where rice is the main food, such as Southeast Asia
- rare in the United States because most food consumed by Americans are vitamin enriched.
- In the United States Beriberi can be commonly found in alcoholics.
- Wet beriberi
- awakening at night short of breath
- increased heart rate
- shortness of breath with activity
- swelling of the lower legs.
- In extreme cases, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
- Breastfed beriberi
- Pale skin
- Restlessness
- Diarrhea
- Muscle wasting
- Edema in arms and legs
- Heart failure and nerve damage
-Beriberi can be fatal if not treated
- Pregnant women and anyone with hyperthyroidism need extra Thiamine in their diet.
- Prolonged diarrhea and vomiting and inhibit you body’s ability to absorb thiamine and some disease weaken you body’s ability to use thiamine.
- Dialysis and high doses of diuretics can also increase risk of Beriberi.
- Dry beriberi
- difficulty walking
- loss of feeling in hands and feet - loss of muscle function of the lower legs
- mental confusion/speech difficulties
- pain
- strange eye movements
- tingling
- vomiting
Sources
Types
Olendorf, Donna, Christine Jeryan, and Karen Boyden. The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1999. Print.
Gershoff, Stanley N., and Donald B. McCormick. "Thiamine." - AccessScience from McGraw-Hill Education. AccessScience, n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2014. <http://www.accessscience.com/content/thiamine/692100>.
Nestle, Marion. "Malnutrition." - AccessScience from McGraw-Hill Education. AccessScience, n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2014. <http://www.accessscience.com/content/malnutrition/402000>.
Vorvick, Linda J. "Beriberi: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia." U.S National Library of Medicine. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 8 Oct. 2012. Web. 14 Dec. 2014. <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000339.htm>.
Badii, Chitra. "Beriberi." Healthline. Healthline, 18 July 2012. Web. 15 Dec. 2014. <http://www.healthline.com/health/beriberi#Overview1>.
Nguyen-Khoa, Dieu-Thu. "Beriberi (Thiamine Deficiency) ." Beriberi (Thiamine Deficiency). Medscape, 28 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Dec. 2014. <http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/116930-overview>.
Thiamine Structure. 2007. Wikepedia. Wikepedia. Web. 15 Dec. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiamine>.
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- The many different types of Beriberi are all caused by thiamine deficiency
- Wet Beriberi
- the cardiovascular system
- Dry Beriberi
- the nervous system.
- Beriberi can occur in breast feeding infants whose mothers are often deficient.
- A rare form of Beriberi known as genetic beriberi can be inherited from parents.