Dry Beriberi Post Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery

Ashik Pokharel; Indira Acharya; Ted O Akhiwu; Christopher J Haas

doi:10.55729/2000-9666.1210

Dry Beriberi Post Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery

J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2023 Jun 29;13(4):58-64. doi: 10.55729/2000-9666.1210. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Ashik Pokharel¹, Indira Acharya¹, Ted O Akhiwu¹, Christopher J Haas^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Medstar Health Internal Medicine Residency Program, Baltimore, MD, USA.
² Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C, USA.

Abstract

Bariatric surgery is an effective strategy for achieving substantial weight loss, prolonging survival, and improving the comorbidities associated with obesity. Nutritional deficiency is a commonly recognized post-procedural complication. Here, we present a case of a patient with paresthesia, lower extremity weakness, and altered mental status one year following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, who was found to have multiple vitamin and micronutrient deficiencies and was diagnosed with beriberi in the setting of profound thiamine deficiency.

Keywords: Altered mental status; Beriberi; Malabsorption; Paresthesia; Roux-en-Y bypass surgery; Thiamine deficiency.

Publication types

Case Reports