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What causes elderly people to have visual hallucinations?
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Meds, sensory loss: Older people are more sensitive to medication side-effects; many can cause sensory disturbances. Common culprits are antihistamine or anticholinergic meds taken for cold symptoms or to sleep. Also, loss of hearing and/or vision can render older people confused and apparently "demented" when all they really need is a hearing aid or glasses. Drug or alcohol withdrawal is another possibility.
Answered 9/13/2018
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