What symptom does baby lack B1 have

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Children are prone to a variety of element deficiency, vitamin B1 deficiency - clinical manifestations of infants are mostly acute onset, mainly in the nervous system, known as brain type beriberi; cardiac insufficiency, known as heart type (Chong Xin type) beriberi; with significant symptoms of edema, known as edema type beriberi. Several types of symptoms can also appear at the same time. Let's take a look at the following.

What symptom does baby lack B1 have

First, digestive system symptoms are most common in infants of 3-6 months old, which are mostly caused by insufficient vitamin B1 in breast milk. Often anorexia, vomiting, abdominal distension, diarrhea or constipation, weight loss, etc.

Second: nervous system symptoms, infants can be manifested as nerve paralysis and central nervous system symptoms. In the early stage, dysphoria, nocturnal crying, hoarseness due to recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis and even aphasia were the characteristics of the disease. Then, apathy, feeding cough, sucking weakness, eyes and face drooping, general weakness, deep and shallow reflex weakened, or even disappeared, drowsiness, severe convulsion, coma, can cause death. Elderly children with multiple peripheral neuritis mainly, first symmetrical paresthesia of both lower limbs, gastrocnemius tenderness, and then hypoesthesia, and even disappear, the progress of the disease can appear upward flaccid paralysis.

Third: cardiovascular symptoms in infants often sudden heart failure, more common in breast-feeding or sleep will wake up suddenly. The symptoms included shortness of breath, irritability, screaming, coughing, sweating, cyanosis, heart rate tachycardia, galloping horse rhythm, low heart sound, heart enlargement, wet rales in both lungs, hepatomegaly, severe and rapid death. ECG showed low voltage, S-T segment depression, T wave flattening, inversion and other changes.

matters needing attention

Edema and serous exudation may occur in the ankle of lower limbs in the early stage, even extend to the whole body or accompanied by pericardium, pleural effusion and peritoneal effusion.