Delirium tremens (delirium tremens)

Delirium tremens (delirium tremens) - Heavy alcohol psychosis usually appears several days after the end of the multi-day binge in the second stage of alcoholism, and the third stage and directly in between drinking. Delirium tremens is accompanied by visual and auditory hallucinations of alcoholics during delirium tremens can be called insanity or madness, a man loses the ability to orient in space and time.

Man tortures insomnia and persistent nightmares, increased anxiety, intense fear and anxiety, the person becomes agitated and restless. During the delirium tremens begins visual and auditory hallucinations, which are connected with personal fears. A man sees something that frightens him the most: criminals, terrorists, snakes, insects, dead, ugly and disgusting creatures. Delirium tremens begins to reduce the human mind.

All of hallucinations and nightmares seem to be an alcoholic is absolutely real, and his actions match his experience these nightmares: his face is clearly expressed horror and fear, he hides from the bandits, seeking to escape persecution, may even jump out the window. During the delirium tremens person can own to attack the others, taking as his enemies could do anything. Delirium tremens causes convulsions, sweating and chills, rapid heartbeat becomes frequent, the body is dehydrated, the pressure rises, the body temperature rises to 40 degrees and above.

Delirium tremens can last from a couple of days to three weeks. All this time the body is in critical condition, a person is on the verge of death, and only a long sleep may help people recover. Cope with the delirium tremens on their own is unrealistic, therefore, D.T requires intervention for psychiatric and emergency care physicians. Denial of medical care may lead to the death of the patient.

Documentary detective on alcoholism:
Plot "White Heat" very clearly shows that such an attack of delirium tremens. In the frame of operational shooting rescue a woman who brought the rescuers to save her husband: she claims that her husband is in the radiator in the corner, her hallucinations, she kept leaning to the battery to make sure her husband was breathing or not. The following operational survey showed a further attack of delirium tremens: a man hiding in the bathroom from a huge poisonous spiders, which run from his apartment, and then he shows his pants, which turned into a hedgehog.