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Pan beriberi in a Young Male: A Case Report
Clinical Case ReportsPan beriberi should be considered in young patients with unexplained acute heart failure, neurological deficits, and gastrointestinal pseudo‐obstruction, particularly in malnutrition or chronic alcohol use. Early clinical recognition and prompt high dose
Sonam Yangzom +5 more
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Recurrent anorexia because of gastrointestinal beriberi in a home care patient
Journal of General and Family MedicineAn elderly man in his 80s receiving home medical care presented with recurrent loss of appetite. Although the physical examination was normal, thiamine deficiency was suspected based on his history of chronic alcohol use, prior unexplained anorexia, and ...
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Case Reports in Gastrointestinal MedicineThiamine deficiency is classically linked to malnutrition and chronic alcohol use, but emerging evidence indicates that patients on intermittent hemodialysis (iHD) are also at significant risk.
Benjamin Dale Day +3 more
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Clinical Case ReportsChronic dysphagia and weight loss can be presenting signs of gastrointestinal beriberi and Wernicke's encephalopathy.
Bobbi Lee Roth, Yen‐Yi Peng
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Embarrassing Product, Image Type, and Personal Pronoun: The Mediating Effect of Body Imagery
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Consumers often feel embarrassed when buying products like condoms, hemorrhoid cream, and beriberi cream in crowded pharmacies. There is an interesting phenomenon in life: Some beriberi creams use the images of a “real foot”, while others use the images ...
Shenghong Ye +3 more
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Clinical History and Colliquative Myocytolysis Are Keys to the Diagnosis of Shoshin Beriberi
Case Reports in Pathology, 2014 Cardiovascular beriberi presents as either the fulminant (Shoshin beriberi) or chronic form. Shoshin beriberi is a rare disease that may lead to a fatal outcome if the patient does not receive appropriate treatment. In the present report, we describe the
Toshiki Kuno +8 more
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Gastrointestinal Beriberi Mimicking a Surgical Emergency in a Well-Nourished Patient: A Case Report
Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2019 Beriberi is a well-documented disease caused by thiamine deficiency. The diagnosis of gastrointestinal beriberi in the clinical setting is uncommon, especially in nonalcoholic patients.
T.N. Diem Vu, MD +5 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011 BackgroundInfantile beriberi is a potentially lethal manifestation of thiamin deficiency, associated with traditional post-partum maternal food avoidance, which persists in the Lao PDR (Laos).
Douangdao Soukaloun +14 more
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