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Query: UMLS:C0015672 (
fatigue
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The most common symptoms of chronic beriberi due to thiamine deficiency include dyspnoea,
fatigue
, leg oedema, lower extremity weakness and numbness. When collapsed peripheral circulation, metabolic acidosis, or shock are present, the disease has advanced from chronic beriberi to pernicious or fulminating beriberi heart failure (
Shoshin beriberi
). We report two patients with fulminating beriberi; both of whom had been incarcerated at a detention centre for 5 months before hospitalization. A prolonged monotonous diet, low in thiamine, was a major risk factor in both patients. Thiamine deficiency should be considered for any patient with symptoms and signs compatible with beriberi.
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PMID:Cardiac beriberi among illegal mainland Chinese immigrants. 1127 46
