Thursday, December 20, 2018

differences between dry beriberi and wet beriberi


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

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