Alcohol-induced dementia

Alcoholic dementia is a disease of human beings, and in today's society, the incidence of alcoholic dementia is still relatively high. There are many things to pay attention to regarding alcoholic dementia, but few people know about them. The so-called alcoholic dementia is actually a dementia symptom caused by chronic alcohol poisoning. It is mainly a disease caused by alcohol damage to the brain.

This type of alcoholic dementia is mainly caused by our own reasons. Because in reality there are many people who like to drink, and some people are addicted to alcohol. They have to drink a little every day. They feel uncomfortable all over if they don’t drink for a day. This kind of alcoholic dementia often occurs in these people. Let’s first talk about the precautions for alcohol-induced dementia.

Alcoholic dementia or alcoholic dementia is a primary, characteristic dementia caused by the chronic direct effects of alcohol on brain tissue. It is organic brain damage caused by long-term and heavy drinking and is the most serious state of chronic alcoholism. Symptoms include tremors, delirium, convulsions, acute or chronic personality changes, mental retardation, memory impairment, etc.

Precautions

In addition to quitting alcohol, improving nutrition and large-dose vitamin treatment, corresponding treatment is also given for other causes, such as cerebral ischemia, hypoxia, brain trauma, chronic liver disease and Alzheimer's disease. Others such as vasodilators, drugs that improve brain metabolism, calcium channel blockers, etc. can also be used.

Patients with mild alcohol-induced dementia should quit drinking immediately. If the alcohol addiction is severe and the patient has experienced withdrawal symptoms such as epilepsy, delirium, and hallucinations in the past, chlorpromazine can be given orally or intramuscularly to prevent withdrawal reactions caused by sudden cessation of drinking.

To achieve long-term alcohol abstinence. It is mainly necessary to understand the psychosocial factors that lead to alcohol dependence in patients, take measures tailored to the individual, and help patients build up confidence and determination to quit drinking.

The special psychological state caused by long-term excessive drinking is called chronic alcohol poisoning. The final manifestation is chronic alcoholism syndrome, which is a variety of physical and mental disorders caused by long-term (several years to decades, usually more than 10 years) alcoholism, and even irreversible pathological damage, such as liver damage or cirrhosis, multiple peripheral neuritis, central nervous system degeneration or brain atrophy.

In addition, it has been confirmed that alcohol poisoning can cause serious arrhythmias, congestive heart failure, cardiac mural thrombosis, cardiomyopathy, myocardial infarction, hypertension, as well as increased platelet count, increased coagulation function and prolonged spontaneous fibrin dissolution time.

The general precautions for alcoholic dementia are: quit drinking, which is also the most important point; in addition, if people cannot quit drinking, they need to take some related medications. In fact, there are many more precautions about alcohol-induced dementia, and the above article only introduces a small part of the many precautions about alcohol-induced dementia, but this small part is also helpful for patients.