dry beriberi

Dry beriberi is also known as cerebral beriberi.

Dry beriberi affects the nervous system.

Dry beriberi causes wasting and partial paralysis resulting from damaged peripheral nerves.

Characteristics of wet beriberi include prominent edema and cardiac involvement, whereas dry beriberi is mainly characterized by a polyneuritis.

Dry beriberi is characterized principally by peripheral neuropathy consisting of symmetric impairment of sensory, motor, and reflex functions affecting distal more than proximal limb segments and causing calf muscle tenderness.