Alcoholic Neuropathy: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
The data, however, is conflicting as to the role which malnutrition plays. The majority of studies which investigate the relationship between malnutrition and neuropathy focus on thiamine deficiency as an aetiological factor, drawing upon existing knowledge of Beri Beri. A smaller number of publications do attribute thiamine deficiency, but generally speaking these studies were older or of lower quality evidence 4, 6, 30, 58, 76, 77. Although the central nervous system has its personal defensive mechanism to protect itself from...