Both alcohol tremors and delirium tremens (DTs) are associated with alcohol withdrawal, though they represent different levels of severity. Tremors, often accompanied by other withdrawal symptoms, are a common manifestation in individuals who have engaged in prolonged heavy alcohol consumption. In contras...
Addiction was once defined in terms of physical symptoms of withdrawal: nausea and cramps in the case of heroin addiction; or delirium tremens in the case ofalcoholism. All these have physiological changes within the cells of an addict’s body. That has changed over the years; addiction is n...
Why can delirium can cause fever, heart failure, pneumonia and azotemia? How do analgesic drugs work to reduce pain? why does organophosphate poisoning cause parasympathetic functioning of the nervous system? Explain how circadian rhythms are invol...
What would happen to someone who had a congenital disorder that caused them to lack juxtamedullary nephrons? Describe a foot/ankle or lower leg injury. a. Where in the body is it? b. What sport is prone to this injury? c. What are the mechanism of injury, sig...
Patients with psychosis from organic causes (such as dementia and delirium) were less likely to be referred [37]. In a prospective study of 712 referrals over a five-year period examining timing of referrals, presence of personality disorder was found to predict earlier referral. This was in ...
“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness." Kusama checks out on all accounts. Her life story closely mirrors the life of Vincent Van Gogh, who was diagnosed with acute mania and generalized delirium after he cut off part of his right ear. Van Gogh spent the following ...
Virgin-shaming produces a special kind of delirium – it provides people with the opportunity to experience the joy of slaughtering those who haven’t met all social criteria. And since sex is considered one of the greatest human practices, the strength of the weapon amplifies to phenomenal propo...
If you increase the voltage on an electron gun, why does the spot on the phosphor screen move? What would happen if you increased the magnetic field? Why do we use prefixes only in covalent compounds? Why is an extra day added to February? Why don't we go in t...
(a) How does stress damage the brain? (b) Is the damage reversible? (c) Can stress cause neuronal death? What is the most likely diagnosis to frequently cause acute delirium in patients with dementia? What process triggers neuronal death in the brain of Alzheimer's...
There are many questions surrounding the phenomenon: Why and how does it happen? What is the mechanism involved? Why do some experience it, while others do not? Terminal lucidity has been found in individuals withdementia, brain tumors, strokes, and mental illnesses, such as s...