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Dry beriberi
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Wet beriberi
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1. Damage nerves and can lead to
decreased muscle strength and eventually paralysis.
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1. Affects the heart and circulatory
system.
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2. Symptoms: involuntary eye movement, decreased
muscle functions, pain, numbness of hands and feet etc.
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2. Symptoms: tachycardia, right heart is
enlarged, peripheral vasodilation, pulmonary and peripheral edema, increased
QT intervals, shortness of breath, rapid heart rate.
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3. Wernicke encephalopathy and Korsakoff
syndrome are forms of dry beri beri.
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3. Not associated with any other
syndromes.
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Thursday, December 20, 2018
differences between dry beriberi and wet beriberi
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