Korsakoff's syndrome is a type of amnestic (that is, associated with memory loss) syndrome.
Sometimes they talk about Korsakoff-Wernicke syndrome. Combining acute (Wernicke's encephalopathy) and chronic (Korsakov's psychosis) forms.
The cause is a lack of vitamin B1. Vitamin B1 (otherwise known as "Thiamine") plays a vital role in metabolism and is involved in the processing of fats and carbohydrates. It is important, as you might guess, for the normal functioning of all organs.Alcoholics have a deficiency of Thiamine. Those alcoholics generally have a deficiency of all vitamins and minerals, since the drinking person eats poorly, due to lack of appetite, money, wife or culinary skills (underline as appropriate). Vitamins do not enter, and those that do enter in small quantities are destroyed, minerals are washed out, etc.
As a result, one of the manifestations of excessive alcohol consumption is Dr. Korsakov's syndrome. This syndrome was first described by the Russian psychiatrist Sergei Korsakov, so the disease is named after its discoverer
The main symptom is a problem with remembering current events, while the patient usually remembers the past well. He loses the connection with time, and the perception of reality is also disrupted. The person begins to get lost in the surrounding world and events.
Another manifestation of the disease is paramnesia (fictional events and memories). Sometimes these invented memories are intertwined with real events, these events shift in time and as a result, such a person's head is a complete mess, as you understand.
The patient may also mistake his dreams for memories or poems he once read for ones he wrote himself...
Tremor, dizziness, lethargy
Paralysis of the eye muscles (in severe cases)
1. Stop drinking alcohol to prevent worsening of the condition
2. Medication under the supervision of a doctor is desirable
3. Healthy nutrition
4.Care and monitoring of the patient's condition
Some changes in the brain are irreversible at the physical level, disorders of loss of rations and thinking can remain for life. The probability of remaining disabled is up to 30-40%.