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Originally Posted by faith
Lily,
May I ask how you found out you have a thimaine deficiency? Does it have anything to to with your acid/alkaline balance? This is what my 8 yr. old has as shown as elevated "anion gap" on a blood test. I think this indicates a problem with metabolizing vit B1 (thiamine). I find him to do better on just two pills a day as opposed to the six she suggested.
Thanks
Faith
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Hello, Faith... this is a really complex question.
Hard to answer, since many things cause changes in acid base readings in the blood. Here is a good synopsis of it:
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec12/ch157/ch157c.html
A thiamine deficiency can be a cause, but also genetic errors in the kidney as well. (renal tubular acidosis).
Also I found this on Wikipedia...
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The anion gap can be increased due to relatively low levels of cations other than sodium and potassium (e.g. calcium or magnesium).
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and another source:
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...lnk&cd=1&gl=us
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