Question 1

how do you treat wernickes syndrome?

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Thiamine: Acute wernicke's is a medical emergency for which thiamine is the key to successful treatment. Longstanding wernicke's, with mental changes, poor coordination, and problems moving the eyes, can only be treated with support.

Question 2

what are the indications someone has wernicke's encephalopathy?

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The three Ws: The classical triad of wernickes is mental status changes, gait ataxia (discoordination), and incontinence.  That being said, the majority of patients with wernickes do not display this triad, and as such we will often treat them empirically with thiamine, especially if they have a history of nutritional compromise.

Question 3

whats wernicke encephalopathy?

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Deficiency of B1: It is a neurologic syndrome caused by a deficiency of vitamin b1. It is mostly confined to those with severe malnutrition, classically patients with alcoholism. It damages areas of the brain concerned with balance, eye movements and memory so those with the syndrome have difficulty walking ( ataxia) memory problems, and ey movement abnormalities.

Question 4

what is wernicke encephalopathy like?

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Confabulation: Wernicke's encephalopathy is due to a vitamin deficiency and causes a typical picture of dementia, gait problems, and confabulation which means that the patient's conversation is not based in reality and that can difficult to distinguish from psychosis.

Question 5

is wernicke encephalopathy a disability?

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Disability?: Yes, it can become a disability if not treated quickly.  However, rapid diagnosis and treatment can lead to full recovery -- supposing the person is also able to maintain healthy intake of nutrients after the crisis.  (and not go on drinking alcohol, if that's what precipitated the problem to begin with).

Question 6

what are the tests for wernicke encephalopathy?

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The best test...: ...Is probably to administer a dose of thiamine (vitamin b1) -- a rapid improvement suggests that the vitamin deficiency was responsible for encephalopathy in the first place. Otherwise a combination of symptoms and risk factors (such as alcoholism) is what leads to the diagnosis.

Question 7

what is the definition or description of: wernicke encephalopathy?

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Thiamine deficiency: Occurring in chronic alcoholics, chronic malnutrition, rarely during cancer chemo or pancreatitis.  Symptoms include, confusion, disorientation, hallucinations, memory loss, abnormal eye movements including nystagmus and double vision, incoordination and imbalance.  With prompt thiamine, symptoms may clear within a few days, but 25 % develop korsakoff's psychosis with permanent memory impairments.

Question 8

what are the common presenting symptoms of wernicke encephalopathy?

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Wernicke's: Wernicke's encephalopathy is a serious neurologic disorder related to thiamine deficiency, and seen frequently in chronic alcoholics.  The presenting triad of symptoms is confusion, ataxia, and ophthalmoplegia (inability to move the eyes).  In advanced cases you might also see memory loss and confabulation -- the person fills in what isn't recalled, with stories that could sound okay, but aren't.

Question 9

should i be concerned about wernickes encephalopathy? is it dangerous?

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Could be !: It is due to vitamin (THIAMIN) deficiency   If left untreated could be dangerpous

Question 10

what is wernicke's aphasia?

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Wernike Aphasia: Speech is fluent but often degenerates into random hard to follow "streams of consciousness, which may be peppered with non-words or made up words. The speech also fails to provide good answers to questions posed to them, suggesting that they do not understand what is said to them. Hence there is difficulty in comprehension rather than articulation, hence the term Receptive Aphasia.

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