Research the causes of these more general types of symptom: 1  Mouth symptoms (6864 causes). 2  Throat symptoms (3410 causes). 3  Head symptoms (10192 causes). 4  Face symptoms (8109 causes). 5  Mucus membrane symptoms (832 causes).
Introduction. Thiamine is required by all tissues and must be ingested in the diet. Thiamine requirements increase with total calorie intake, when the diet is rich in carbohydrate, and when basal metabolism is increased, such as in alcohol withdrawal (Sechi and Serra, 2007; Mancinelli and Ceccanti, 2009).
One of these mechanisms involves the reduced availability of an essential nutrient, thiamine, to the brain as a consequence of chronic alcohol consumption. This article describes the normal role of thiamine in brain functioning as well as the pathological consequences that result from thiamine deficiency.