Beriberi

Introduction: Beriberi

Beriberi: Disease due to vitamin B1 deficiency (thiamine). More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Beriberi is available below.

Symptoms of Beriberi

• Appetite loss
• Tiredness
• Irritability
• Muscle aches
• Limb pains

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Medical Textbooks Online about Beriberi

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Beriberi?

• Misdiagnosis of Beriberi
• Underlying causes of Beriberi (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Beriberi

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Causes of Beriberi

• Thiamine deficiency
• Malnutrition
• Alcoholism

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More information about causes of Beriberi:

• Underlying causes of Beriberi
• Beriberi as a symptom

Treatments for Beriberi

• Oral thiamine
• Thiamine injections
• Vitamin B1 - possibly used for related vitamin B1 deficiency
• Vitamin B1

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Prevention of Beriberi

Prevention information for Beriberi has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Beriberi.

• Vitamin B1

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Definitions of Beriberi:

A mental disorder associated with chronic ethanol abuse (ALCOHOLISM) and nutritional deficiencies characterized by short term memory loss, confabulations, and disturbances of attention. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1139) - (Source - Diseases Database)

Avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1) - (Source - WordNet 2.1)