Beri-beri

beri-beri

Nutrition A disease caused by deficiency of thiamine–vitamin B₁, which affects the heart–cardiac dilatation, fatty degeneration, peripheral nerves—myelinolysis and axonal degeneration, subcutaneous tissues–edema and vascular congestion and serosal linings–effusions Clinical Fatigue, apathy, irritability, depression, muscular atrophy, paresthesias, abdominal pain and if extreme, ↑ intracranial pressure and coma. See Shoshin beri-beri

Beri-beri

Dry beri-beri

Affects central and peripheral nervous systems Clinical, childrenPlethoric with pallor, hoarseness due to nerve paralysis, apathy, dyspnea, tachycardia, hepatomegaly

Wet beri-beri

More cardiocentric Clinical The afflicted children are malnourished with pallor, edema, tachycardia, dyspnea, renal failure, right-sided cardiac failure Treatment Thiamine-rich foods, eg milk, vegetables, cereals, fruits

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