Pellagra Symptoms, Causes and More
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Neurological Symptoms
Neurological symptoms progress to restlessness, fatigue, lethargy, insomnia, anxiety and tremors. People affected by pellagra may have difficulty with talking, thinking, writing and reading comprehension or experience symptoms of dementia, such as confusion, delusions and memory loss.4‘PELLAGRA’ - WHO. www.who.int/nutrition/publications/en/pellagra/prevention/control.pdf
Long-term pellagra can result in disorientation, delusions, hallucinations, psychosis, and eventual coma and death. Alcohol-induced secondary pellagra affects the brain and nerves and may lead to intermittent confusion, an exaggerated startle response, suicidal thoughts, stiff muscles and impaired motor function.3‘Pellagra’ - American Osteopathic College of Dermatology (AOCD). www.aocd.org/page/Pellagra
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