What is beriberi

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Beriberi, I believe many people understand, beriberi is very easy to infect, and sometimes blisters will appear, share with you the related knowledge of love beriberi.

What is beriberi

First of all, vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency disease, also known as beriberi, is a very common vitamin deficiency disease in life.

Then, in medicine, beriberi is usually divided into three types: erosive type, blister type and keratotic type. 1. Erosive beriberi: it often occurs between the third and fourth toes, and between the fourth and fifth toes. At the beginning of the wet between the toes, soaking white or small blisters, dry desquamation, peeling the skin to wet, flush erosion surface, there are strange itching, it is easy to lead to infection. 2. Blister type beriberi: it often occurs at the foot margin. At the beginning, there were small blisters with full wall thickness, some of which could melt into bullae with transparent blister fluid and no halo around. Oneself can feel very itchy, often cause erysipelas, lymphangitis because of secondary infection after scratching. 3. Keratotic beriberi: it is easy to occur in the heel. The main manifestations are thick and dry skin, keratinization, desquamation, itching, and easy chapping. This type of waterless blister and suppuration, the course of disease is slow, and will not be cured for several years.

Finally, beriberi is the common name of tinea pedis, also known as "xianggangjiao". Some people confuse "beriberi" with "beriberi", which is wrong. Medical "beriberi" is caused by vitamin B deficiency, and "beriberi" is a common skin disease caused by fungal (also known as mold) infection.

matters needing attention

People with beriberi should not wear a pair of slippers with others in their life. They should pay attention to personal hygiene. They should not touch the place with their hands, which is easy to infect their hands. The shoes they wear should be exposed to the sun every day, and they should not wear shoes without heat dissipation.