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Thiamine is essential for optimal glucose metabolism through its role as an essential co-factor for key enzymes in intermediary metabolism. Since glucose metabolism worsens under diabetic conditions, it seems that a relative shortage of thiamine may occur more easily in patients with diabetes mellitus.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Case Presentation:<\/jats:bold> A 59-year-old Japanese man was admitted to the hospital with severe peripheral edema. His background history included alcohol liver disease (ALD), chronic renal failure (CRF), and T2DM. His body mass index (BMI) at admission was 37.7 kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> and this represented a 30 kg increase in body weight over 2 months. Laboratory investigations showed anemia, liver and renal injury, hyperglycemia, and marginal hypothyroidism. The plasma thiamine diphosphate concentration was 20 ng\/mL (reference range: 24\u201366 ng\/mL). Diet therapy of 1,600 kcal\/day and intravenous fursultiamine hydrochloride therapy (50 mg\/once a day, seven days) was commenced in combination with intravenous diuretics. After one week, the plasma thiamine concentration was 853 ng\/mL, and the patient's body weight had reduced by 18 kg.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold> Patients with T2DM and AUD may develop severe peripheral edema in the context of marginal thiamine deficiency. Fursultiamine hydrochloride (50 mg\/once a day, seven days) restored normal plasma thiamine concentrations and may have contributed to the rapid resolution of severe peripheral edema in this case. Empirical treatment with thiamine should be considered in patients with severe peripheral edema in the context of AUD and T2DM.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fnut.2021.675992","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,15]],"date-time":"2021-12-15T10:39:23Z","timestamp":1639564763000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Case Report: Severe Edema and Marked Weight Gain Induced by Marginal Thiamine Deficiency in a Patient With Alcohol Dependency and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Hitomi","family":"Tanaka","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Takatoshi","family":"Anno","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Haruka","family":"Takenouchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hideyuki","family":"Iwamoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hideaki","family":"Kaneto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Niro","family":"Okimoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Koichi","family":"Tomoda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"71","DOI":"10.1093\/qjmed\/hcm121","article-title":"Fluid retention in cirrhosis: pathophysiology and management","volume":"101","author":"Kashani","year":"2008","journal-title":"QJM."},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"99","DOI":"10.1253\/jcj.43.99","article-title":"Cardiovascular effects of exercise in hamsters with experimental thiamine deficiency","volume":"43","author":"Hirota","year":"1979","journal-title":"Jpn Circ J."},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"724","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1745-7254.2006.00313.x","article-title":"Effect of nicotinamide on newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic children","volume":"27","author":"Kamal","year":"2006","journal-title":"Acta Pharmacol Sin."},{"key":"B4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2164","DOI":"10.1007\/s00125-007-0771-4","article-title":"High prevalence of low plasma thiamine concentration in diabetes linked to a marker of vascular disease","volume":"50","author":"Thornalley","year":"2007","journal-title":"Diabetologia."},{"key":"B5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"421","DOI":"10.3177\/jnsv.33.421","article-title":"Blood thiamine levels in outpatients with diabetes mellitus","volume":"33","author":"Saito","year":"1987","journal-title":"J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo)."},{"key":"B6","first-page":"328","article-title":"Vitamins and trace metals status in non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus","volume":"61","author":"Havivi","year":"1991","journal-title":"Int J Vitam Nutr Res."},{"key":"B7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"287","DOI":"10.2174\/157339905774574383","article-title":"The potential role of thiamine (vitamin B1) in diabetic complications","volume":"1","author":"Thornalley","year":"2005","journal-title":"Curr Diabetes Rev."},{"key":"B8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1168","DOI":"10.1007\/s001250051047","article-title":"The association of dietary fibres with glucose tolerance is partly explained by concomitant intake of thiamine: the Hoorn Study","volume":"41","author":"Bakker","year":"1998","journal-title":"Diabetologia."},{"key":"B9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"975","DOI":"10.1172\/JCI106078","article-title":"Effective plasma volume in cirrhosis with ascites. 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