Beriberi

Posted on November 3, 2007 in Latest News

Causes of BeriBeri

• Unbalanced diet
• Deficiency of Thiamin

Symptoms

• Heaviness and stiffness of the legs
• Weakness
• Numbness
• Loss of angle jerk reflexes
• Signs of Polyneuropathy
• Oedema
• Anorexia
• Some degree of Aphonia
• Tachycardia
• Tachypnoe

Treatment

• Balanced diet
• Foods rich in Thiamin
• Thiamin supplements

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One Response to “Beriberi”

1. Lease Purchase Agreement Says:
   July 7th, 2009 at 7:50 am

   Hello Guru, what entice you to post an article. This article was extremely interesting, especially since I was searching for thoughts on this subject last Thursday.

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