Water Soluble Vitamin Deficiency, Scurvy Pellagra Wernicke-Korsakoff

Thiamine (Vitamin B1) deficiencies are primarily seen in alcoholic patients. This scenario is so common on Step 1 that anytime you see alcoholism in a vitamin question, your first thought should be thiamine deficiency. Thiamine is found in a lot of different foods, so you usually only see deficiencies in people who are malnourished or … Continue reading Water Soluble Vitamin Deficiency, Scurvy Pellagra Wernicke-Korsakoff