What is Thiamine deficiency?
What is Thiamine deficiency?
- Thiamine deficiency: Dietary deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine).
- Thiamine deficiency: A heat-labile and water-soluble vitamin contained in milk, yeast, synthesized; in the germ and husk of grains, also artificially synthesized; essential for growth; a deficiency of thiamin is associated with beriberi and Wernicke-Korsakoff's syndrome. SYN aneurine, antiberiberi factor, antiberiberi vitamin, antineuritic factor, antineuritic vitamin, thiamine, vitamin B1.
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Thiamine deficiency: Introduction
Types of Thiamine deficiency:
Broader types of Thiamine deficiency:
What causes Thiamine deficiency?
Causes of Thiamine deficiency: see causes of Thiamine deficiency
Risk factors for Thiamine deficiency:
see
risk factors for Thiamine deficiency
What are the symptoms of Thiamine deficiency?
Symptoms of Thiamine deficiency:
see symptoms of Thiamine deficiency
Thiamine deficiency: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Thiamine deficiency.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Thiamine deficiency.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Thiamine deficiency:
see treatments for Thiamine deficiency
Research for Thiamine deficiency:
see research for Thiamine deficiency
Society issues for Thiamine deficiency
Hospitalization statistics for Thiamine deficiency:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Thiamine deficiency:
- 0.001% (143) of hospital consultant episodes were for thiamine deficiency in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 67% of hospital consultant episodes for thiamine deficiency required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 77% of hospital consultant episodes for thiamine deficiency were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 23% of hospital consultant episodes for thiamine deficiency were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 88% of hospital consultant episodes for thiamine deficiency required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 36.2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for thiamine deficiency in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Thiamine deficiency
Main name of condition: Thiamine deficiency
Class of Condition for Thiamine deficiency: deficiency vitamin
Other names or spellings for Thiamine deficiency:
vitamin B1 deficiency
Vitamin B1
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