Beriberi: The Great Imitator
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...and there was no blood clot. Have you seen unilateral edema in thiamine deficiency/beriberi? Derrick Lonsdale Beriberi can be assymetric, a confounding
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...and in the US, beriberi is known but assigned as a disease that does not exist anymore or a condition only seen
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...wasn’t aware of was the long and rich history of writing about beriberi in China. There is some evidence that the recognition
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Why Publish Another Case? Just last week, we published a case of classic beriberi in a 23 year old man, and now,
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A Case of Classic Beriberi in America
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A desperate mother sent me an email about her 23-year-old son and it was easy to recognize that this young man had
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Beriberi is Alive and Well in America
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...so deeply ingrained that anybody claiming such a diagnosis is considered a fool. This seems to be particularly addressed to the classic
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...I asked to get whole blood B1 tested, she refused saying I don’t look like I had beriberi, with a chuckle. That
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...beriberi. I had several patients with cyclic vomiting, described in our book (Thiamine Deficiency Disease, Dysautonomia and High Calorie Malnutrition) that responded
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