Beriberi

Beriberi's disease overview

Beriberi disease (or numbness) is a form of vitamin B1 deficiency (thiamin) including wet edema (wet beriberi) and dried edema. Beriberi)

  • Wet numbness that affects cardiovascular and circulatory, in some serious cases also leads to heart failure

    • Periodic numbness causes damage to nerves and causes muscle tone or even muscle paralysis

  • If not treated Beriberi can be life -threatening.

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    Causes of Beriberi's disease

    The cause of the disease is the deficiency of vitamin B1 (less than 0.4 mg/1kg/24 hours) that maintains a balance of protein in the body and metabolizes meat and fat. When the metabolism of protein fat due to Vitamin B1 deficiency anesthesia, necrotic edema organization causes numbness

    Causes of vitamin B1 (Thiamin):

  • The alcoholic addiction is difficult to absorb and reserve thiamin
  • Beriberi disease (very rare) when the body does not absorb Thiamin from food
  • Prolonged diarrhea or diuretics dehydrated thiamin >

    Symptoms of Beriberi's disease

    Symptoms of wet numbness include:

  • Difficulty breathing when exercising or waking up in the morning
  • tachycardia
  • swelling of the pipe pipe

    • Symptoms of drying edema include:

  • Patients with a decline in muscle tone, itching or loss of sensation in the hands, feet
  • may have symptoms of pain, confusion, difficulty saying, vomiting, loss Self -motion or paralysis
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    • People at risk for Beriberi's disease

  • Subjects with a diet of vitamin B1 deficiency due to habits such as eating too carefully rubbed rice or rice that does not contain enough thiamin content for the body
  • There is a difficult body to absorb and store vitamin B1
  • pregnant and lactating women, people with hyperthyroidism
  • People with prolonged diarrhea or use of gums Tieu
  • Babies formula milk

    • Prevention of Beriberi's disease

  • Because it is a shortage of nutrients, building a healthy and balanced diet is the most effective way to prevent it. Foods rich in Thiamin to supplement the body including: green vegetables, legumes, meat, fish, whole seeds, nuts or dairy products, cereals
  • Women Pregnant and lactating should be checked for periodic vitamins to timely supplement to avoid complications
  • infant should be fully supplemented with vitamin B1
  • Limiting the use of alcoholic beverages, alcoholics should pay attention to check the status of vitamin B1 regularly

    • Diagnostic measures for Beriberi's disease

    For typical cases, patients often have enough classic triangle including:

  • Symptoms of blood vessels: fast circuit, big heart or heart failure
  • Neurological symptoms: numbness, small muscles (recognized through a way to shake hands in tight)
  • Symptoms of edema: Systemic edema, heavy legs, thick skin, stiff legs, large rafts
    • Based on other symptoms such as:

  • Many people in the area of ​​the disease are the same
  • poor quality diet, low vitamin B, less fresh vegetables
  • quantitative testing Vitamin B1 and pyruvic acid: Vitamin B1 fell a lot and high pyruvic acid

    • Beriberi's disease treatments

    Although the symptoms of Beriberi's disease are quite serious, the disease can be completely cured by the supplementation of Thiamin

    In the acute form of the patient need

  • Absolute rest and restricting travel
  • Diets reducing glucid, increasing protein and vitamins of all kinds
    • , protein -rich drugs and vitamin B12, vitamin B6

    in the chronic form

  • In addition to the above methods need to add stricnin 1mg x 3 fleeting pipes gradually increase every day to 1 tube until 10mg/24h is reached, gradually lower every day 1 tube until 3mg/24h then stop the course
  • Patients can combine hot baths, gentle exercise

    • See also:

  • Where is vitamin B1, what is the role?
  • When is the best time to take vitamins?
  • What is vitamin B? Classification and role of B vitamin with body

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