Alcohol withdrawal generates hallucinations

• April 19, 2024

The excessive consumption of alcohol generates very serious problems for the physical and psychological health, both for the people who drink it and for the family of these, because the alcoholism detonates traffic accidents, intrafamily violence and damages in the nervous system .

In an interview for GetQoralHealth , the psychologist of FISAC, Jessica Paredes Durán, gives us recommendations to reduce alcohol consumption:

For this reason it is important that individuals suffering from this disease go to a specialist to kick the habit and avoid side reactions like Alcohol withdrawal syndrome .

According to specialists, this disorder develops in patients who drink alcohol in large quantities every day, during the last three months, and suddenly suspends this habit.

The delirium tremens (hallucinations ) is the most serious clinical expression of the syndrome; It usually appears between 72 or 96 hours after abstinence of the drink. Other symptoms that accompany the disorder are:

1. Anxiety
2. Depression
3. Fatigue
4. Irritability
5. Seizures
6. Nightmares
7. Sickness Y vomiting
8. Sweating
9. Insomnia

For your treatment, we recommend a detoxification professional, which is done in hospitals; the prescription of drugs that help reduce symptoms, complications, as well as therapies to help the person to stop alcoholism .

The alcoholic abstinence it is a disorder that can generate death, in case of not being attended promptly. Therefore it is recommended to leave the drink gradually and permanently.

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