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Beriberi Symptoms
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Beriberi Symptoms
| | Early neurologic symptoms include: |
| | Complaints of symmetric tingling or burning pain in the extremities |
| | Numbness in the extremities |
| | Vomiting |
| | Strange eye movements (nystagmus) |
| | Later neurologic symptoms (Wernicke's encephalopathy) include: |
| | Mental confusion/speech difficulties |
| | Difficulty walking |
| | Coma |
| | Death |
| | If a patient with Wernicke's encephalopathy receives thiamine replacement, language problems, unusual eye movements, and walking difficulties may subside, but may be replaced by Korsakoff's syndrome, which includes memory loss, impaired ability to learn, and confabulation (making up stories to explain behavior that have little relation to reality). |
| | Heart Failure Symptoms: |
| | Shortness of breath with exertion |
| | Symmetric swelling of the lower legs |
| | Awakening at night short of breath |
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