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Such was the level of concern that in Japan, the Dutch East Indies, Singapore, Malaya, and American-occupied Philippines, solutions were anxiously sought to the “beriberi problem”, both in the sense of establishing what caused the disease and of finding out how to prevent it.
- David Arnold
- 2010
HISTORICAL MILESTONES Of Birds and The Story of Beriberi Goh LG, MBBS, MMed, FCGP KH Phua, AB, SM Beriberi was not thought of as a deficiency disease for a long time. Instead, scores of research workers looked in vain for a toxin or a microbe. The impetus to search for a cause came after about 1870, when with the
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Mar 28, 2008 · Beriberi is a disease caused by a deficiency of thiamine, or vitamin B1, that is expressed in three major clusters of symptoms, which vary from person to person. It involves edema, or swelling, of the legs, arms, and face.
The first three are historical and the fourth, gastrointestinal beriberi, was recognized in 2004: Dry beriberi especially affects the peripheral nervous system. Wet beriberi especially affects the cardiovascular system and other bodily systems.
beriberi, nutritional disorder caused by a deficiency of thiamin (vitamin B 1) and characterized by impairment of the nerves and heart. General symptoms include loss of appetite and overall lassitude, digestive irregularities, and a feeling of numbness and weakness in the limbs and extremities.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
... beriberi in Japan specified years and indicated transmission from China over the South China Sea, the Diseases of China beriberi map emphasized only endemicity within China (fig. 13).
Aug 2, 2023 · The thiamine deficiency disease we call beriberi was called jiaoqi by Chinese physicians and written about extensively from the 7th century onward.
