(Tıp) Filipinler, Japonya, Çin, Hindiçini ve Hindistan'da andemik olarak bulunan ve B vitamini noksanlığından meydana gelen ağır bir polinevrit (kalp hastalıkları, hidrops ve genel sıskalığa sebep olur)
(Osmanlı Dönemi) (Seylanca) Asya'nın güneydoğusu ile Okyanusya, Senegal ve Brezilya'nın yerli halklarında görülen ve B vitamini eksikliğinde vücuda gelen bir hastalık
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Definition of beriberi in English English dictionary
a disease of the nerves caused by lack of vitamins (bAribAri ). or vitamin B1 deficiency Nutritional disorder, with nerve and heart impairment, caused by thiamin deficiency. Its name is from the Sinhalese word for "extreme weakness." Symptoms include fatigue, digestive problems, and limb numbness and weakness. Dry beriberi involves gradual long-nerve degeneration, with muscle atrophy and loss of reflexes. Wet beriberi is more acute, with edema from cardiac failure and poor circulation. Thiamin occurs widely in food but is lost in processing; a well-balanced diet high in unprocessed foods can prevent beriberi. In Western countries, chronic alcoholism is the most common cause
An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular debility, a painful rigidity of the limbs, and cachexy