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Delirium tremens - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

DT; Delirium tremens por abstinencia alcohólica

Síntomas:

Los síntomas se presentan con mayor frecuencia al cabo de 72 horas después de la última bebida, pero pueden ocurrir hasta 7 o 10 días después del último trago.

Los síntomas pueden empeorar rápidamente y pueden abarcar:

  • Temblores corporales
  • Cambios del estado mental:
  • Convulsiones:
    • más comunes durante las primeras 12 a 48 horas después del último trago;
    • más comunes en personas con complicaciones previas por abstinencia alcohólica;
    • usualmente, convulsiones tonicoclónicas generalizadas.
  • Síntomas de abstinencia alcohólica:
    • ansiedad;
    • depresión;
    • dificultad para pensar con claridad;
    • fatiga;
    • alteración o nerviosismo;
    • sensación de temblor;
    • dolor de cabeza, general, pulsátil;
    • insomnio (dificultad para conciliar el sueño y permanecer dormido);
    • irritabilidad o excitabilidad;
    • Inapetencia;
    • náuseas;
    • piel pálida;
    • palpitaciones (sensación de percibir los latidos cardíacos);
    • cambios emocionales rápidos;
    • sudoración, en especial en la cara o en las palmas de las manos;
    • vómitos.

Otros síntomas que se pueden presentar son:

Pruebas y exámenes:

El delirium tremens es una emergencia médica.

El médico llevará a cabo un examen físico. Los signos pueden abarcar:

  • Sudoración profusa
  • Incremento del reflejo de sobresalto
  • Latidos cardíacos irregulares
  • Problemas en el movimiento de los músculos oculares
  • Frecuencia cardíaca rápida
  • Temblores musculares rápidos

Se pueden llevar a cabo los siguientes exámenes:

  • Reviewed last on: 3/20/2011
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

O'Connor PG. Alcohol abuse and dependence. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 31.

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