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- Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency (Beriberi)
- SYMPTOMS may include irritability, pain in the chest, loss of appetite, calf
- muscle cramps, leg pain, difficulty breathing, fatigue, disturbed sleep,
- constipation, abdominal discomfort, impaired memory & sensation in the toes.
- CAUSES may be from increased need such as pregnancy, hyperthyroidism, fever,
- alcoholism, diarrhea and liver disease.
- TREATMENT. Doses of thiamine. Cause corrected.