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Title: Delirium - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment


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Delirium - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
  • - Specialty Care Clinics

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State of Severe Confusion Delirium
  • Mental health is as important as the physical
    health of a person. Multiple changes occur in the
    brain every day which makes it difficult to
    think, remember, sleep, pay attention, and more.
    One of the similar mental confusion and emotional
    disruption in the brain causes Delirium. It is a
    state of severe confusion which causes
    hallucinations and hyperactivity. This is the
    result of rapid change in your brain that causes
    mental confusion and emotional disruption making
    it difficult to think, remember, sleep, pay
    attention, and more.
  • Delirium is the result of a head injury, drug use
    or withdrawal, poisonings, brain tumors,
    infections, mental illness, and metabolic
    disturbances. But sometimes in old age, it can
    also be caused by urinary tract infection or
    pneumonia. It sometimes is very common among
    hospitalized patients which is a result of drugs,
    dehydration, and infections but can have many
    other causes.

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What causes Delirium?
  • Delirium is usually temporary and can be treated
    effectively. Delirium is categorized on basis of
    its cause, severity, and characteristics
  • Delirium tremens This is a serious type of
    condition experienced by individuals who are
    attempting to quit drinking. As a rule, they've
    been drinking a lot of liquor for a long time.
  • Hyperactive delirium This is defined as being
    exceptionally ready and uncooperative.
  • Hypoactive delirium This is a more common type
    of delirium. This causes you to rest more, become
    careless, and disrupted with day to day tasks.
    You could even miss meals or arrangements.

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  • How can you identify if you have Delirium?
  • Symptoms of hyperactive delirium include
  • Acting disoriented.
  • Anxiety.
  • Hallucinations.
  • Rambling.
  • Rapid changes in emotion.
  • Restlessness.
  • Trouble concentrating.
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Contact Us
  • Website https//specialtycareclinics.com/
  • Contact No. 469-545-9983
  • Email hugosutton020_at_gmail.com  

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