Cutar da matuƙan jirgin ruwa waɗanda kawai suka ci abincin gwangwani yayin ƙetare su a cikin teku, cutar Beriberi tana da alaƙa da ƙarancin bitamin B1. Ba makawa ga jiki, wannan rashi shine asalin cututtukan jijiyoyin zuciya da na jijiyoyin jini, wani lokacin ba za a iya juyawa ba. Daɗaɗɗen sa ta farko ta hanyar abinci da magani yana ba da damar yin magani. 

Cutar rashi da aka sani tun daga Gabas daga ƙarni na goma sha bakwai a cikin mutanen Asiya waɗanda ke cin farar shinkafa kawai, an kuma lura da shi a cikin matuƙan jirgin ruwa waɗanda ke cin abincin gwangwani kawai yayin doguwar tafiyarsu a cikin teku kafin fahimtar cewa rigakafin su ya ci abinci mai wadatar bitamin, musamman bitamin B1. Saboda haka sunan Beriberi don bitamin B. 

A zahiri jikin mutum ba zai iya haɗa wannan bitamin ba kuma yana buƙatar isasshen gudummawar abinci don metabolism don aiki cikin daidaitacce da inganci.

Wannan bitamin duk da haka yana samuwa a yawancin samfurori na abinci na yau da kullum kamar dukan hatsi, nama, kwayoyi, legumes ko dankali.

Rauninsa har yanzu yana damuwa a yau musamman ƙasashe masu tasowa waɗanda ke fama da rashin abinci mai gina jiki kuma suna son cin abinci dangane da ingantattun carbohydrates (farar shinkafa, fararen sukari, fararen abinci…). 

Amma kuma yana iya faruwa a cikin abubuwan da ba a daidaita su ba kamar cin abinci na vegan, ko kuma a cikin yanayin rashin anorexia a cikin samari. Wasu cututtukan kuma na iya zama sanadin rashi bitamin B1 kamar hyperthyroidism, tsotsewar hanji kamar lokacin gudawa mai rauni ko gazawar hanta. An samo shi ne kawai a cikin marasa lafiya da ke fama da shan barasa da cirrhosis na hanta.

Rashin bitamin B1 yana haifar da lalacewar jijiyoyin jiki (neuropathy), na wasu yankuna na kwakwalwa (thalamus, cerebellum, da sauransu) kuma yana rage zagayowar kwakwalwa ta hanyar ƙara juriya na jijiyoyin jini na jijiyoyin jini zuwa zagayar jini. Hakanan yana shafar zuciya, wanda ke fadadawa kuma baya yin aikin famfinta da kyau don ba da damar zagayawa cikin jiki (bugun zuciya). 

A ƙarshe, wannan rashi na iya haifar da faɗuwar tasoshin (vasodilation) wanda ke haifar da kumburi (kumburin) ƙafafu da ƙafafu.

Lokacin da rashi ya kasance mai saukin kai, kawai wasu alamomin da ba takamaiman ba na iya faruwa kamar gajiya (m asthenia), bacin rai, raunin ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya da bacci.

Amma lokacin da aka fi bayyana ta, alamun da yawa suna nan a cikin nau'i na tebur biyu:

A cikin busassun tsari tare da 

• symmetrical peripheral neuropathies (polyneuritis) a bangarorin biyu na ƙananan gabobin, tare da jin daɗin tingling, ƙonewa, cramping, zafi a kafafu;
• rage kuzari na ƙananan gabobin jiki (hypoaesthesia) musamman zuwa rawar jiki, jin ƙima;
• raguwa a cikin ƙwayar tsoka (atrophy) da ƙarfin tsoka yana haifar da wahalar tafiya;
• raguwa ko ma kawar da jujjuyawar jijiya (jijiyar Achilles, jijiya, da sauransu);
• wahalar tashi daga tsugunne zuwa tsayuwa;
• alamun jijiyoyin jiki tare da raunin motsi na ido (cututtukan Wernicke), wahalar tafiya, rikicewar tunani, wahalar ɗaukar abubuwan (abulia), amnesia tare da sanin ƙarya (cutar Korsakoff).

A cikin rigar

• lalacewar zuciya tare da gazawar zuciya, karuwar bugun zuciya (tachycardia), girman zuciya (cardiomegaly);
• Ƙara matsa lamba na jijiyoyin jijiya (a wuya);
• gajeriyar numfashi kan aiki (dyspnea);
• edema na ƙananan gabobin (ƙafa, idon kafa, maraƙi).

Hakanan akwai alamun narkewar abinci a cikin waɗannan sifofi masu tsanani tare da ciwon ciki, tashin zuciya, amai. 

A ƙarshe, a cikin jarirai, yaron yana rasa nauyi, yana da haushi ko ma murya (ba ya ƙara yin kururuwa ko nishi kaɗan), yana fama da zawo da amai kuma yana da wahalar numfashi.

Ana yin ƙarin gwaje -gwaje idan ana zargin Beriberi don tabbatar da ganewar asali da ɗaukar ma'aunin rashi (thiamine mono da diphosphate). Hakanan ana iya ba da Hoto na Magnetic Resonance (MRI) na kwakwalwa don ganin abubuwan da ke da alaƙa da ke da alaƙa da raunin Vit B1 (raunin biyu na thalamus, cerebellum, cortex, da sauransu).

Maganin cutar Beriberi shine kariyar bitamin B1 da wuri -wuri don hana yiwuwar sake juyawa. Hakanan ana iya aiwatar da rigakafin magunguna a cikin batutuwan da ke cikin haɗari (batutuwan da ke fama da shan giya da cirrhosis, marasa lafiyar da ke fama da cutar kanjamau, rashin abinci mai gina jiki, da sauransu)

A ƙarshe, rigakafin yau da kullun ya ƙunshi wadatar da abinci iri -iri tare da legumes (wake, wake, chickpeas, da sauransu), hatsi gaba ɗaya (shinkafa, burodi da alkama duka, da sauransu), yeasts masu arziki a cikin bitamin B1 da tsaba (walnuts, hazelnuts, glitches …). Dole ne ku guji farar shinkafa da duk wani abin da aka tace sosai kamar farin sukari kuma ku tabbatar da shiri a cikin ɗakin dafa abinci wanda baya lalata yawancin bitamin gabaɗaya.