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Classroom classification

百科

Vitamin B1 deficiency

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Common symptoms

无力、声音嘶哑、衣玉品、神志淡漠、食欲减退、腕下垂、抽搐、发绀、维生素B1缺乏、低蛋白血症

The pathology of disease

Vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency is beriberi; wet (high-output heart failure) vs dry (neuropathy); Wernicke encephalopathy; alcoholics; refined rice diet.

Symptoms

Wet: edema, tachycardia, heart failure. Dry: neuropathy, wrist/foot drop. Wernicke: ataxia, ophthalmoplegia, confusion

Causes

Thiamine deficiency; alcoholism; malnutrition; refined carbohydrates.

Treatment

Parenteral thiamine immediately before glucose; diet; multivitamin; treat alcoholism

Dept

Internal medicine / neurology / nutrition.

Warm reminder: Health education reference only; seek care at regular hospital.

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