Showing posts with label Beriberi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beriberi. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Children have to beriberi?


Expert Tip: beri-beri occurred mainly in order to rice (especially refined white rice) as the main food of many countries and regions, mainly because the human body's intake of vitamin B shortage.
For example, the processing of grain is too fine; Taomi too repeatedly. All this has not gone through the digestive tract of vitamin B1, but directly into the sewers. In addition, the cooking time is too long, in the cooking by adding soda or other alkaline substances are easy to make thiamine lost or destroyed; a long period of rice, flour-based food and lack of meat, soy products, fruits, vegetables were also easy to contracting this disease.
Infants and young children suffering from beri-beri, the higher number, which is due to the rapid growth and development of infants and young children, of vitamin B, a corresponding increase in requirements, coupled with poor resistance to infants and young children, so easy to contracting this disease. For example, when the baby diarrhea, vomiting, due to gastrointestinal function decline in the absorption of vitamin B1 would be affected; suffering from hyperthyroidism, fever, or the body from viruses, bacteria infection or strenuous exercise, because the body metabolism strong, will increase the consumption of vitamin B1, if the shortfalls on the susceptibility to diseases.
In addition, more than a small baby to breastfeed the main, if breastfeeding mothers lack of intake of vitamin Bl, will lead to the occurrence of the disease. Vitamin B1 levels in breast milk were low, its content is milk 1 / 4. If the mothers did not diet vitamins B, composition, content of milk also less.
The main performance of children with beri-beri was not in the "feet", but the various body organs are involved. Beri-beri symptoms are light to heavy, most children are light. However, if left untreated, the condition will continue to develop, severe cases can be life-threatening. Children suffering from beri-beri, often mild diarrhea, hoarseness, irritability, night crying, feeding weakness, fast heartbeat, and even drowsiness, coma, seizures and other symptoms, a slight swelling in his foot, finger pressure, the would cause a depression, the pressure lifted, this depression was also not immediately disappear.
How does it control?
Expert Tip: For children with acute, first quietly bed rest, keep warm; light children, we must reduce activities in order to reduce vitamin B, consumption. In addition to the treatment outside of a hospital, nursing mothers should be actively improve the diet, add beans, adzuki beans, peanuts, wheat germ, bran skin, wheat bran and other food. At the same time should also note the following points:
A mother from pregnancy shall begin to pay attention to intake of vitamin B;
2, the infant should be timely to add supplementary food;
3, porridge, noodles Do not add alkaline substances;
4, positive control baby gastrointestinal tract diseases;
5, correct Xiaoeryanshi, the partial eclipse, picky eaters and other bad habits.
Vitamin D1 in B vitamins in the oldest child, a scientific name thiamine. Vitamin B, stored in the grain of the skin, bran and germ in the body can not be a lack of a good friend. However, due to people's ignorance, often ignored its existence, it dumped in sewers, people do not know, neither of which has given rise to the scourge, especially in small infants easier getting himself into trouble.

Thursday, September 03, 2009

A lack of vitamin B1 can cause beriberi


You certainly have heard the name of the medicine of vitamin B, but not necessarily heard of B vitamins argument. Vitamin B is actually a family of many members, mainly including vitamins B1, B2, B6 and B12, the role of their different children in different types of lack of vitamin B, the performance is not the same symptoms.


Vitamin B1 also known as Thiamine, found in lean pork, rice bran, wheat bran, red bayberry, peanuts, whole grains than refined rice, the smart side of the content of which is more a result of B1 in the skin and germ of cereals quite rich in content.


If, after fine processing, and remove the skin and germ of cereals, B1 will follow a large number of missing. Taomi excessive; cooking time too long; porridge, cooking pasta or baking soda are added alkali, as well as meals are not balanced, long-term to nine starchy carbohydrates) as the main, and rarely eat meat, beans; suffering from chronic diseases , chronic diarrhea Dengjun will cause a lack of B1. B1-borne diseases due to the lack of known as beri-beri, mainly for the following symptoms:
1, gastrointestinal symptoms: baby more common, manifested as diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal distention, constipation, and enlargement of the liver.
2, nervous system symptoms: the baby's symptoms and different from older children, cranial nerve paralysis first appeared, showed looked indifferent, lethargy, sucking, and limb weakness, all kinds of tendon reflexes diminished or disappeared; some babies first appeared recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis symptoms, may have Shengya, crying silently. Older children suffering from beri-beri, when Zeyi peripheral nerve damage as the main manifestations: first, the performance decreased as the feeling, touch, pain and temperature perception have disappeared, and have made up, numbness, lancinating pain and burning sensation. Emerged after the motor nerve palsy, paralysis of the first starting from the lower limbs, children Yirong of falls, severe ptosis feet, difficulty walking; paralysis can be gradually involving the upper extremity, wrist sag, and then decreased muscle strength, as well as muscle atrophy.
3, cardiovascular system symptoms: can be expressed as irritability, shortness of breath, looking pale and lips cyanosis. Young infants is also easily lead to acute heart failure, such as the lack of timely treatment, can quickly die. Attention should be given that, as pregnant women, the lack of B1, may occur in severe cases of neonatal congenital beriberi. Children with systemic edema, body temperature is low, feeding weakness, low voice, repeated vomiting, lethargy day. The above-mentioned symptoms of children, especially those from rice, the staple food of rice-producing areas, or when the doctors in general would take into account the possibility of beriberi, after the necessary diagnosed, it will provide timely B1 and symptomatic treatment. After proper treatment, loss of appetite, edema and heart failure symptoms may disappear within 24 hours; nervous and cardiovascular system, the symptoms must be a few weeks or even months to recover. With the improvement of people's living standards, beri-beri patients Although significantly reduced, but as parents must understand this disease, and prevention in their daily lives: as far as possible not to milled rice, the staple food of the smart side, in particular, emphasis should be placed diversification of food and maintain a balanced diet and pay attention to cooking methods is reasonable.