Vitamin B1 Is Vital to Protect Against Infectious Disease

A deficiency of this vitamin resembles sepsis - a primary cause of COVID-19 mortality - and it's relatively common in critically ill patients and associated with pneumonia and high fever.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency syndrome (beriberi) has many similarities to sepsis — a primary cause of COVID-19 mortality — and thiamine deficiency is relatively common in critically ill patients in general

• Thiamine deficiency is prevalent in pulmonary tuberculosis, and the more severe the case, the more severe the thiamine deficiency…