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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Abdelrahman Ibrahim Abushouk, MD[2]
Overview
Beriberi is an easily treatable condition, using thiamine hydrochloride via oral or parentral routes.
Medical Therapy
Treatment is with thiamine hydrochloride, either in tablet form or injection. A rapid and dramatic recovery within hours can be made when this is administered to patients with beriberi. Thiamine occurs naturally in unrefined cereals and fresh foods, particularly fresh meat, legumes, green vegetables, fruit, and milk.[1]
References
- ↑ Lei Y, Zheng MH, Huang W, Zhang J, Lu Y (2018). "Wet beriberi with multiple organ failure remarkably reversed by thiamine administration: A case report and literature review". Medicine (Baltimore). 97 (9): e0010. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000010010. PMC 5851725. PMID 29489643.