What is Alcoholic Encephalopathy?
Alcoholic encephalopathy is a disease manifested as glial and vascular hyperplasia, and the lesion is the subthalamic region of the papillary thalamus.
Alcoholic encephalopathy
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- Chinese name
- Alcoholic encephalopathy
- which performed
- Glia and angiogenesis
- Including
- Wernicke Encephalopathy
- Lesion
- Papillary subthalamic nucleus
- Alcoholic encephalopathy is a disease manifested as glial and vascular hyperplasia, and the lesion is the subthalamic region of the papillary thalamus.
- Alcoholic encephalopathy: manifested as glial and vascular hyperplasia, accompanied by old and new bleeding, while nerve cells are well preserved. The lesions are located in the hypothalamic nucleus of the papillary body, and are more common in the nucleus of the oculomotor nerve, showing chronic ischemic change.
- Alcoholic encephalopathy also includes Wernicke's encephalopathy. The main symptoms of Wernickeenceph-alop-athy are ophthalmoplegia, nystagmus, ataxia and disturbance of consciousness. As long as it is caused by alcohol dependence. Patients often (but not all) have peripheral neuropathy. In recent years, typical Wernicke encephalopathy has become increasingly rare. This is partly due to the fact that patients with ophthalmoplegia and disturbance of consciousness can quickly recover from vitamin treatment. It should be noted that Wernicke's encephalopathy is not only seen in alcohol dependence, but can be caused by diseases that can cause vitamin B1 deficiency and other conditions (such as upper gastrointestinal tumors, hemodialysis, anorexia nervosa, etc.) [1]