Disease or Syndrome
thiamine deficiency
thi·a·mine de·fi·cien·cy
Subclass of:
Vitamin B Deficiency
Definitions related to thiamine deficiency:
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A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of THIAMINE in the diet, characterized by anorexia, irritability, and weight loss. Later, patients experience weakness, peripheral neuropathy, headache, and tachycardia. In addition to being caused by a poor diet, thiamine deficiency in the United States most commonly occurs as a result of alcoholism, since ethanol interferes with thiamine absorption. In countries relying on polished rice as a dietary staple, BERIBERI prevalence is very high. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1171)NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of thiamine in the diet, characterized by anorexia, irritability, and weight loss; later, patients experience weakness, peripheral neuropathy, headache, and tachycardia; in addition to being caused by a poor diet, thiamine deficiency in the United States most commonly occurs as a result of alcoholism, since ethanol interferes with thiamine absorption.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(low levels of vitamin b1) A reduced concentration of vitamin B1.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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Vitamin B1, also known as thiamine, is an essential micronutrient. Deficiency can result in three distinct clinical presentations. Acute deficiency can present as Wernicke encephalopathy, with ocular abnormalities, mental state changes, and ataxia. Acute or chronic deficiency can also lead to wet beriberi (which presents as high-output...Athenahealth, Inc., 2019
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