Delirium tremens


  • Delirium alcoholicum
  • Alcohol withdrawal delirium

Nature

Delirium tremens is an extremely serious problem which can appear in an alcohol dependent patient during alcohol withdrawal. Agitation, shaking and terrifying hallucinations are the typical signs of delirium tremens. Death or serious neurological sequelae occur in the absence of medical intervention.

Incidence

These days, delirium tremens is rare, due to early treatment and improvement of alcoholic patients.


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