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beriberi
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  • Most feared was beriberi, caused by vitamin B1 deficiency.†  (source)
  • There were two forms of beriberi, and they could occur concurrently.†  (source)
  • Potentially fatal beriberi was setting in.†  (source)
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  • In some cases, wet beriberi caused extreme swelling of the scrotum.†  (source)
  • Civilians were in shocking condition: the limbs of the adults were grotesquely swollen from beriberi; the children were gaunt.†  (source)
  • Not long after, beriberi set in, and Minsaas became too weak to walk, then could no longer speak.†  (source)
  • Untreated, beriberi was often fatal.†  (source)
  • Just as at Ofuna, beriberi and other preventable diseases were epidemic at Omori.†  (source)
  • Almost everyone had beriberi, and some men went blind from malnutrition.†  (source)
  • He'd seen too many men die to be ignorant of what this meant: beriberi.†  (source)
  • "Wet" beriberi affected the heart and the circulatory system, causing marked edema—swelling—of the extremities; if untreated, it was often fatal.†  (source)
  • "Dry" beriberi affected the nervous system, causing numbness, confusion, unsteady gait, and paralysis.†  (source)
  • When wet beriberi victims pressed on their swollen limbs, deep indentations would remain long after the pressure was removed, giving the men the unnerving impression that their bones were softening.†  (source)
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