“Thiamine Deficiencies (Vitamin B1 Deficiencies)”  

Thiamine Deficiency

  In our body, the nutritional deficiency dis-order, Thiamine Deficiency is a condition produced by a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B-1) in the diet, characterized by anorexia, irritability, and weight loss.
  In our body, a Thiamine Deficiency can result from a decreased intake (often due to low dietary content or compromised absorption), increased demands (e.g., in pregnancy) or from an increased renal loss.
  Examples of thiamine deficiency related dis-ease include:

• Alzheimer's disease
• beriberi
• cerebral beriberi (Wernicke encephalopathy)
• diabetes

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