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wet beriberi

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symptoms

In beriberi
In wet beriberi, a more acute form, there is edema (overabundance of fluid in the tissues) resulting largely from cardiac failure and poor circulation. In infants breast-fed by mothers who are deficient in thiamin, beriberi may lead to rapidly progressive heart failure.
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thiamin deficiency

In nutritional disease: Thiamin
In wet beriberi there is edema and the possibility of an enlarged heart and heart failure. Thiamin deficiency can also occur in populations eating large quantities of raw fish harbouring intestinal microbes that contain the enzyme thiaminase. In the developed world, thiamin deficiency is linked primarily…
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