0 a disease caused by a lack of vitamin B1, which affects the nerves and causes pain and weakness and sometimes heart failure --
Beriberi in this form can lead to sudden death.
For lack of nutrition, many people succumbed to beriberi and malaria.
She remained there until her death in 1877 of beriberi, at the young age of 31.
Marasmus, kwashiorkor, beriberi, and anemia were widespread, with many patients showing all four.
He also lost a number of carriers from beriberi.
Dry beriberi is also known as cerebral beriberi.
A serious deficiency in this vital nutrient can cause beriberi, which has the immediate symptom of severe lethargy.
Characteristics of wet beriberi include prominent edema and cardiac involvement, whereas dry beriberi is mainly characterized by a polyneuritis.
