A disease due to a nutritional deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine), which provokes acute mental confusion, ataxia, and ophthalmoplegia (paralysis of some or all the muscles of the eye).
A condition caused by lack of Vitamin B, which often affects alcoholics and in which the person is delirious, moves the eyes about rapidly, walks unsteadily and is subject to constant vomiting.
Inflammatory, degenerative disease of the brain, characterized by double vision, lack of muscular coordination, and decreased mental function. It is caused by thiamine deficiency, usually associated with alcoholism, occasionally with gastrointestinal disorder.
Brain damage with gross short-term memory disruption due to chronic alcoholism and thiamine deficiency.
Also known as Wernicke disease, a life-threatening brain disorder characterized by confusion, an unsteady gait, and abnormal eye movements. Wernicke encephalopathy most commonly occurs in chronic alcoholics as a result of vitamin Bi (thiamin) deficiency. The disorder can cause damage to nerves throughout the body. Untreated, it can be fatal.
Mental confusion or delirium occurring in combination with paralysis of the eye muscles, nystagmus, and an unsteady gait. It is caused by a deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamin) and is most commonly seen in alcoholics and in patients with persistent vomiting. Treatment with thiamin relieves the symptoms.
Also called the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, this uncommon disorder is characterized by mental confusion or delirium that occurs in combination with an unsteady gait, nystagmus, and paralysis of the eye muscles and eventually psychosis. It is caused by a deficiency of vitamin B, (thiamine) which affects the brain and nervous system. It occurs in people with alcohol dependence and in some patients with persistent vomiting. As soon as the condition is diagnosed, it must be treated with large doses of thiamine. Unless the patient has developed symptoms of psychosis, the condition is usually reversible with treatment.
Encephalopathy associated with thiamine deficiency; usually associated with chronic alcoholism or other causes of severe malnutrition.