(1) His body was ridden with disease - beriberi , dysentery and scurvy - and his doctor's prognosis was grim.(2) This was determined to be one of the vitamins that prevented beriberi , a deficiency disease marked by inflammatory or degenerative changes of the nerves, digestive system and heart.(3) Diseases such as beriberi and malaria have become more common as problems with sanitation have increased.(4) When they examined the explorers' journals, they found recorded a classic progression of the symptoms of thiamine deficiency, or the disease known as beriberi .(5) The troops suffered from malaria, dengue fever, beriberi , hookworm and pellagra.
