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.
severe thiamine deficiency leads to beriberi, a disease characterized by weakness, wasting, nerve inflammation and numbness of the hands and feet.
From the Singhalese, meaning "I cannot," since persons with severe beriberi cannot move easily. A condition caused by thiamin (Vitamin B) deficiency. It is characterized by numbness or tingling of toes and feet, stiffness of ankles, cramping pain in legs, difficulty in walking, and, finally paralysis of legs with atrophy of leg muscles.
A disease resulting from inadequate thiamin in the diet.
A deficiency disease caused by dietary insufficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine). Symptoms include general weakness and painful rigidity.
avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1)
A deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1) causing neurologic, mental, and cardiovascular problems. bronchodilators: Chemicals that relax or open the air passages in the lungs. bronchodilators: Chemicals that relax or open air passages in the lungs.
disease caused by a deficiency in thiamin (vitamin B1) and characterized by muscular paralysis, weakness, and extreme loss of weight; the epidemic form is found in areas where white (polished) rice is the staple food.
disease caused by thiamin (a B vitamin) deficiency that has the following symptoms: irritability, fatigue, restlessness and decreased appetite.
A thiamine deficiency disease of the peripheral nervous system characterized by partial paralysis of the extremities, emaciation, and anemia.
A deficiency disease caused by a lack of thiamin.
Beriberi is a nervous system ailment caused by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency; its symptoms include weight loss, emotional disturbances, impaired sensory perception (Wernicke's encephalopathy), weakness and pain in the limbs, and periods of irregular heart rate. Edema (swelling of bodily tissues) is common. In advanced cases, the disease may cause heart failure and death.