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Polyneuropathy in a pregnant woman with hyperemesis gravidarum: Do not forget dry beriberi [PDF]
R. Ghosh+4 more
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Embarrassing Product, Image Type, and Personal Pronoun: The Mediating Effect of Body Imagery
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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Resurgence of Shoshin beriberi during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This report describes two patients who presented with severe type B lactic acidosis and shock, initially thought to be due to bowel ischaemia/myocardial infarction and pulmonary sepsis, respectively.
K. Govind, G. Gaskin, D. Naidoo
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Beriberi neuropathy (thiamine deficiency) and Guillian-Barre Syndrome (GBS) both can present with areflexia and progressive ascending weakness. A physical examination can be equivocal between the two.
H. Morrissey+4 more
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Beriberi: A Reversible Cause of Acute Severe Pulmonary Hypertension
Thiamine, also known as vitamin B1, plays a fundamental role in energy metabolism. The organs most sensitive to thiamine deficiency are the cardiovascular and nervous systems.
M. Tan, C. Willis
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(1) Background: vitamin B1 level depletion, known as a beriberi syndrome, can lead to severe cardiovascular complications, from which perimyocarditis fulminans is one of the most severe.
Justyna Rohun+6 more
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[Diuretics-induced beriberi polyneuropathy: a case report].
A 56-year-old man with an unbalanced diet who preferred chicken was admitted to the hospital because of heart failure. He was treated with diuretics for heart failure, but muscle weakness in bilateral lower extremities appeared and gradually worsened. He
D. Kuzume+5 more
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Cardiac beriberi: morphological findings in two fatal cases
Cardiovascular beriberi is categorized into two main groups, according to its cause: alcoholic and non-alcoholic (dietary). Cardiovascular beriberi can also be divided into a fulminant form (Shoshin beriberi) and a chronic form.
Othman Mohammad+5 more
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Toward eradication of B-vitamin deficiencies : considerations for crop biofortification [PDF]
'Hidden hunger' involves insufficient intake of micronutrients and is estimated to affect over two billion people on a global scale. Malnutrition of vitamins and minerals is known to cause an alarming number of casualties, even in the developed world ...
Strobbe, Simon+1 more
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