Drfilthymcnasty

Drfilthymcnasty t1_ith4y3c wrote

Reply to Why is thiamine the predominant nutritional deficiency in alcoholics? by supinator1

I apologize for the lack of details as it’s been years since I had pathophysiology, but I believe, due to the lack of thiamine which is a vitamin that helps in the metabolism of glucose for energy, it is actually a build up of a toxic metabolite or the inability actually use glucose thoroughly by the bran that causes the brain damage.

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