| beriberi | <disease> An endemic form of polyneuritis (nerve inflammation), due to an unbalanced diet, with a deficiency of vitamin B1(thiamin). Common in those who chronically abuse alcohol. (11 Jan 1998) |
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| beriberi heart | Heart disease due to thiamine deficiency that may be epidemic or sporadic as characterised by cardiac metabolic damage and myocardial failure, often of the "high output" type, with oedema (except in "dry" beri) and polyneuritis. The term is derived from Singhalese, "I am unable." (05 Mar 2000) |
| wet beriberi | Edematous beriberi, in which congestive heart failure occurs in addition to polyneuropthy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ship beriberi | A form of thiamine deficiency seen among sailors. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry beriberi | Paraplegic beriberi, affecting chiefly the peripheral nerves; its clinical pattern is predominantly that of a polyneuropathy without associated congestive failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infantile beriberi | Beriberi appearing in a breast-fed infants whose mother has beriberi due to thiamin deficiency. It is mainly the "wet" form of beriberi, characterised by heart failure with marked peripheral oedema (which is otherwise unusual in heart failure in infancy). An often fatal disease, acute in onset, which was formerly common in the Far Eastern countries where rice is consumed; reversible with thiamin. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms :
| beriberi |
avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1)
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| beriberi |
An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular debility, a painful rigidity of the limbs, and cachexy. find all NHC pages containing: beriberi
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| beriberi h. |
heart failure from thiamine deficiency.
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| beriberic |
pertaining to or of the nature of beriberi.
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| beriberi | avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1) |
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