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Alcohol withdrawal causes humans to act in a non perceptual and correct way
which follows by seizures, hallucinations; not only in the visual sense but also in
smell, tactile, taste, and auditory sense, disorientation, illusions, and cloudiness of
consciousness, which this dementia is called Delirium Tremens. This dementia is
everywhere in the world and even famous educators have severely dealt with.
Including Edgar Allan Poe. Although Alcohol withdrawal is not the only cause
for this illness it is very important people learn about what immediate removal of
alcohol can cause.
A. The person will see, hear, and/or feel things that others cannot, such as
feeling as though his or her skin is crawling. In short, the extremes of
delirium range from simple confusion to the anxious, agitated, and
hyperactive type, with some patients experiencing both ends of the
spectrum during a single episode. It is super important that an instant
evaluation if delirium is suspected, because it can lead to death.
B. Causes of delirium fall into four basic categories; medical,
chemical, surgical, or neurological.
1. Anticonvulsants, used to treat epilepsy, antihypertensives,
used to treat high blood pressure, insulin, used to treat
diabetes.
2. All these medications are used for other diseases while
causing a new one instead of preventing a new disease.

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Although the elderly can have problems with delirium it is mostly in

rehabilitation facilities where people can obtain this disease simply by
overmedication.


A. Additionally, systemic poisoning by chemicals or compounds such
as carbon monoxide, lead, mercury, or other industrial chemicals
can be the source.

B. All these new medications introduced to the body can affect it
quite notoriously.
1. An elderly gentleman was placed in a private room that had a
wonderful large mural on one wall. The mural was that of a
forest sceneno animals or people, only trees and sunlight. His
chief complaint at various points during the day was that evil
people were watching him from behind the trees in the forest
scene.

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Commonly diagnosed diseases such as urinary tract infections, pneumonia,

or fever from a viral infection can cause delirium. Also diseases in the liver,
kidney, lungs, and cardiovascular system can cause this illness Finally, an
infection, specific to the brain, can cause delirium.


A. The kidneys can also cause very severe delirium and irreversible if
not treated or tested. Starts with a medical history. A family
history of kidney failure can cause suspicions, also history of high
blood pressure or diabetes.

B. Your kidneys help maintain the balance of minerals and
electrolytes in your body, play an essential role in the production
of red blood cells, excrete water-soluble wastes from your body

1. Fatigue, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, especially in the
morning and after eating, a urine-like odor to your breath, bone
pain, abnormally dark or light skin, an ashen cast to your skin,
which is called uremic frost, drowsiness, mental cloudiness,
numbness in your hands and feet
2. chronic and irreversible. Treatment focuses on improving the
underlying disease.

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Just as the ingestion of certain drugs may cause delirium in some

patients, the withdrawal of drugs can also cause it. Alcohol is the most
widely used and most well known of these drugs whose withdrawal
symptoms may include delirium.