Infantile beriberi
Infantile beriberi occurs in the breast-fed infants of a woman who has low thiamine stores. The usual age of onset is 3 months.
The clinical features are:
- anorexia
- oedema
- tachycardia
- tachypnoea
There is a fatal outcome unless treatment is initiated rapidly.
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