Alcoholic encephalopathy

The name of alcoholic encephalopathy may sound a little unfamiliar to everyone, but this disease still exists in real life. Alcoholic encephalopathy belongs to psychiatric disease. It is very harmful and causes great harm to the patient's body. As long as patients with alcoholic encephalopathy seek medical treatment in time, actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment in the hospital, and build confidence in overcoming the disease, they can be cured, with a cure rate as high as 100%.

Patients with alcoholic encephalopathy need long-term care from their families, which requires their families to be patient and pay more attention to their diet and daily life, so that they can feel the warmth of their families, which is conducive to the recovery of the disease. The characteristic manifestations of patients with alcoholic encephalopathy are:

(1) On the basis of long-term drinking, a sudden onset of delirium, drowsiness, muscle twitching or eye paralysis, decerebrate rigidity or coma may occur after a single excessive drinking. After waking up, the patient may develop the following two syndromes:

(2) Korsakov psychosis: Slow onset, mainly memory impairment, accompanied by confabulation or paraconstruction, disorientation, and may also cause emotional and motor slowness. Polyneuritis of varying degrees may occur, and examination may reveal limb sensory impairment, muscle atrophy, weakened or absent tendon reflexes, and paralysis in severe cases.

(3) Chronic alcoholic dementia: Slow onset, severe personality changes, memory loss and intellectual disability; social function and ability to take care of oneself decline or disappear. The electroencephalogram may show low-amplitude slow waves; brain CT shows enlarged ventricles and significant atrophy of the cerebral cortex, especially the temporal lobe.

During the treatment process, patients with alcoholic encephalopathy are required to take medication on time as directed by their doctor and avoid excessive fatigue, lack of sleep, emotional excitement, etc.

Patients with alcoholic encephalopathy can help recover from the disease through diet. They should eat light food, eat less greasy food, avoid spicy food, do not smoke or drink, maintain a good mood, exercise and work appropriately. After the illness is cured, do not stop taking the medicine all at once. Under the guidance of a doctor, slowly reduce the dosage and gradually stop taking the medicine.