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Beriberi causes
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Thiamine deficiency can generally result from inadequate intake (as with anorexia or alcoholism), increased losses (as with excessive vomiting), and inadequate absorption (as after bariatric surgeries).
Causes
Causes
Thiamine deficiency can be a result of:[1][2][3]
- Inadequate intake:
- Alcoholism
- Anorexia
- Intentional dieting
- Starvation
- Bulimia
- Protein energy malnutrition in developing countries
- Total parenteral nutrition
- Infants breast fed by thiamine deficient mother
- Increased losses:
- Protracted vomiting in chemotherapy patients
- Hyperemesis gravidarum in pregnant women
- Inadequate absorption:
- Post gastric bypass surgery patients
- Genetic loss of ability to absorb thiamine
References
References
- ↑ DiNicolantonio JJ, Liu J, O’Keefe JH (2018). “Thiamine and Cardiovascular Disease: A Literature Review”. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 61 (1): 27–32. doi:10.1016/j.pcad.2018.01.009. PMID 29360523.
- ↑ Chisolm-Straker M, Cherkas D (2013). “Altered and unstable: wet beriberi, a clinical review”. J Emerg Med. 45 (3): 341–4. doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.04.022. PMID 23849362.
- ↑ “StatPearls”. 2019. PMID 30725889.
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