A quantitative alcohol history should be recorded for all patients, because alcohol use contributes to many physical and mental disorders. A person-centered, nonjudgmental approach should be adopted.

See figure 2. For patients with alcohol withdrawal syndromes who are in hospital, it is important to assess for and aggressively treat thiamine deficiency, which can lead to Wernicke encephalopathy ...

This can lead to a specific type of brain inflammation, called Wernicke encephalopathy ... it can progress to Korsakoff syndrome, which is essentially a severe dementia.” ...

It is medically known as Wernicke’s Encephalopathy or Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome. It arises when people get a large proportion of their calories from alcohol, because the substance interferes ...

Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS) is a severe form of alcohol-related brain damage caused by thiamine deficiency. It comprises two stages: Wernicke’s encephalopathy: Acute confusion, lack of ...

However, thiamine deficiency (Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome), absinthe toxicity, and lead poisoning may have significantly ...

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome happens when rare tumors called gastrinomas cause too much acid production in the stomach. It can cause symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea. In some cases ...

Abstract: Many neuropsychological investigations of human memory have focused on the amnesic deficits of alcoholic Korsakoff's syndrome. Structural neuroimaging suggests that the syndrome results from ...

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES) is a health condition that results from having a gastrinoma, or gastric tumor, that increases the production of stomach acid. Though some people may use Zollinger ...

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