Beri-Beri Written by: Sage Simmons

Beriberi: Overview, Types, Symptoms and Prevention
Beri-Beri Swelling 


Beri-Beri is another lack of something deficiency.. like Scurvy! We will be focusing on Japan.... because that's where I learned that Beri-Beri was... well attacked... it was very sad.. :'( 
Anyways! Lets say that there was a family in Japan who loved sushi and white rice... And they were very wealthy... their son was very smart.. Let's say his name was Hirano Yasushi.
Hirano only ate white rice because that was cool at the time B-) Anyways, and one day he was numb in his legs... his heart beat was really fast and his tongue swelled... he had pain everywhere and he started to have mental confusion.  He wasn't quite sure what this was... but his family didn't quite get sick until... his younger sister started to get the same symptoms...
Lets go back a little and talk about a guy who found it was a food deficiency.. His name was Takaki Kanehiro, He found that it was because they weren't taking a lot of B1 vitamin! WHAT!! Yeah take your vitamins kids! I am also talking to YOU also adults!! If you don't you'll get scurvy, Beri-Beri, and Pellagra!! TAKE YOUR VITAMANS!! The army at first didn't really agree until it got so bad that they finally agreed to his declare of doing an experiment.. but it would take almost along time until somebody would finally agree... and then save the world from what could have been known as a huge tragedy!   

 Symptoms:
  1. decreased muscle function, particularly in the lower legs.
  2. tingling or loss of feeling in the feet and hands
  3. pain
  4. mental confusion
  5. difficulty speaking
  6. vomiting
  7. involuntary eye movement
  8. paralysis

 Its really important that you take your vitamins!! 

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