Symptoms of alcoholic encephalopathy?

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Many people don't know about alcoholic encephalopathy. In fact, this kind of disease is not uncommon in our life. It usually shows mental retardation, personality change, memory impairment or affects the ability of self-care. For these patients, more attention should be paid to prevention and nursing. Symptoms of alcoholic encephalopathy? Let's talk about it.

Symptoms of alcoholic encephalopathy?

(1) Wernick encephalopathy: on the basis of long-term drinking, delirium, drowsiness, muscle twitch or eye paralysis, decapitation, ankylosis or coma suddenly occur after a single excessive drinking, which can be converted into the following two syndromes after waking up.

(2) Coxsackieu psychosis: slow onset, mainly memory disorders, with fiction or misconstruction, disorientation, may have emotional and movement retardation. Multiple neuritis of different degrees may occur. The examination shows sensory disturbance of limbs, muscle atrophy, weakening or disappearance of tendon reflex, and paralysis in severe cases.

(3) Chronic alcoholism dementia: slow onset, serious personality changes, memory loss and intelligence disorder; Social function and self-care ability declined or disappeared. EEG may have low amplitude slow wave; Brain CT showed ventricular enlargement and significant atrophy of cerebral cortex, especially temporal lobe.

matters needing attention

1. According to psychiatric and neurology general nursing routine. 2. For the patients who can't take care of themselves, strengthen the nursing protection to prevent exhaustion and fall. With the doctor's psychotherapy, patient guidance and help patients with life and social adaptability training.