What is the clinical manifestation of delirium?

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Delirium is an acute brain syndrome, which is generally caused by a variety of reasons. The specific clinical manifestations are: weak consciousness, cognitive decline, reversal of day and night, irregular and purposeful behavior, distraction and so on. Delirium is a kind of disease that usually occurs more quickly, and it is easy to see. Delirium often occurs in the elderly. What is the clinical manifestation of delirium? So, let's talk about it now.

What is the clinical manifestation of delirium?

Patients with delirium are usually very urgent when they get sick, and they will get sick suddenly. The degree of delirium is different in the daytime and at night. Usually, delirium will last for several days to get better. However, if the factors that induce delirium do not change, it may last for a long time to get better. Patients usually have restlessness, anxiety, anxiety, anxiety, anxiety, anxiety, etc Emotional anxiety and inability to sleep.

Delirium is characterized by weak consciousness, abnormal mental state, inability to concentrate and low alertness. The weak consciousness of patients has obvious day and night changes, that is, the consciousness of patients is different during the day and at night. Generally, the weak consciousness of patients during the day will be better, and the consciousness at night will be worse. Moreover, the weak consciousness will lead to the disorientation of location, which is that the consciousness of patients in one place is different from that in another place. In addition, the patient's sleep is also very complex, the time of sleep is uncertain, can fall asleep during the day, can also fall asleep at night. When patients suffer from delirium, their vigilance for some things will be greatly reduced, and after patients' delirium situation improves, they generally don't remember many things that happened in delirium period.

For the treatment of delirium, we can use the method of finding out the cause of delirium, determine the factors of delirium, and then determine the treatment of these factors; In addition, the period of symptomatic treatment can be used, that is, the treatment of patients without any treatment factors. At this time, the normal vital signs of patients should be maintained, and vitamins and electrolytes should be supplemented to patients in time; We can also use the method of controlling the patient's emotion. In short, this method is to use some mental drugs to control the patient's excited and restless behavior, but the medication needs to maintain the principle of safety and effectiveness.

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Delirium patients have obvious weak sense of perception, and patients are likely to have some delusional or impulsive behavior, more serious, patients will have emotional disorders. To treat delirium in time, we can find out the cause, treat symptomatically and control the patient's mood. These three methods are very effective in the treatment of delirium.