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3 lis 2021 · Learn how alcohol can cause thiamine deficiency, a condition that affects the heart, nerves and brain. Find out the symptoms, risks and treatments of thiamine deficiency and its complications such as beriberi and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a brain and memory disorder due to thiamine deficiency, often caused by alcohol use disorder. Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of this condition.
18 mar 2023 · This study compares two regimens of thiamine substitution (TS) on thiamine blood levels and cognitive function in patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD). It finds that TS is associated with improving cognitive function, especially memory, in AUD patients.
1 sty 1995 · Deficiency of thiamine—a vitamin essential for the metabolism and function of brain cells—is thought to be one factor contributing to the cognitive deficits and brain pathology characteristic of WKS. Excessive alcohol consumption may contribute to thiamine deficiency in several ways.
12 kwi 2011 · Importantly, a deficiency in thiamine (vitamin B 1) can result in the acute, potentially reversible neurological disorder Wernicke encephalopathy (WE). When WE is recognized, thiamine...
A deficiency in the essential nutrient thiamine resulting from chronic alcohol consumption is one factor underlying alcohol-induced brain damage. Thiamine is a helper molecule (i.e., a cofactor) required by three enzymes involved in two pathways of carbohydrate metabolism.
1 sty 2016 · Alleviation of thiamine deficiency in alcoholism has been shown to reduce alcohol consumption, and positively impact psychiatric outcomes that may facilitate recovery, particularly in severe cases, and holds promise to reduce suffering associated with this menacing global public health problem.
