What clinical manifestation does delirium syndrome have?

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Delirium syndrome will be accompanied by psychomotor excitement. Patients may have dangerous aggressive or evasive behaviors under the control of hallucination, which may lead to accidents. Patients may have secondary segmental delusion or impulsive behavior due to illusion and hallucination. Therefore, patients with delirium syndrome should go to a regular hospital for detailed examination as soon as possible, And then with the corresponding treatment methods to alleviate treatment, the following small series and everyone to introduce in detail, what clinical manifestations of delirium syndrome?

What clinical manifestation does delirium syndrome have?

Usually acute or subacute onset, symptoms change day and night, usually lasting for several hours or days, typical delirium usually 10-12 days can basically recover, but if the predisposing factors and predisposing factors of delirium do not change, it can also reach more than 30 days or turn into chronic delirium. Some patients may have prodromal symptoms before onset, such as restlessness, anxiety, agitation, inattention and sleep disorders. The prodromal period lasted for 1-3 days.

Delirium is characterized by disturbance of consciousness, trance, inability to concentrate, and reduction of awareness of the surrounding environment and things. The disturbance of consciousness has obvious circadian rhythm, which is light in the day and heavy in the night. During the day, the patients can talk freely, but at night, they have confusion. Disorientation includes disorientation of time and place, and disorientation of characters may occur in serious cases. Immediate memory and near memory impairment were the most obvious, especially for recent events. The sleep wake cycle is irregular, which can be manifested as drowsiness during the day and activity at night. After improvement, most of the patients forget the performance or occurrence of delirium.

Sensory disorders are particularly common, including hypersensitivity, illusions, and hallucinations. Patients are particularly sensitive to sound and light. Illusions and hallucinations are more common in visual illusions and hallucinations. Patients may have secondary segmental delusions and impulsive behaviors due to illusions and hallucinations. Emotional disorder is very prominent, including terror, anxiety, depression, anger and even euphoria.

matters needing attention

The occurrence of delirium indicates that the patient is in an acute dangerous state, and the outcome is related to the basic disease and normal health status of the patient. The prognosis and outcome include the following: 1. Many patients will return to normal in a short time (such as within a week), usually can not fully recall the disease. 2. Complicated with other diseases or functional damage. 3. The mortality rate caused by delirium is high, and the results show that the mortality rate varies from 22% to 76%.