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Comportamiento inusual o extraño - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Actuar de manera extraña

Definición:

El comportamiento inusual o extraño implica realizar acciones que no son normales para la persona.

Consideraciones generales:

El comportamiento inusual o extraño puede abarcar:

  • Pérdida de la memoria que continúa con el paso del tiempo o empeora
  • Pérdida de la capacidad para concentrarse y realizar otras tareas mentales

Causas comunes:

Existen muchas causas para el comportamiento inusual o extraño, incluyendo enfermedades físicas y psiquiátricas. Dos de las causas más comunes son:

  • Delirio: aparición repentina o rápida de disminución del nivel de lucidez mental, conciencia, percepción o pensamiento que puede ser un síntoma de una afección como disfunción mental o cerebral.
  • Demencia: pérdida crónica y progresiva de la función cognitiva que ocurre con trastornos del cerebro.

Las enfermedades psiquiátricas que a menudo están asociadas con comportamiento inusual o extraño abarcan:

Las posibles causas de comportamiento extraño en las personas de edad avanzada abarcan:

Las posibles causas en personas de todas las edades son:

  • Enfermedades que afectan el sistema nervioso (enfermedades neurológicas)
  • Drogas psicoactivas (como las anfetaminas y la cocaína)
  • Peligros para el medio ambiente
  • Función tiroidea baja o alta
  • Enfermedades no-neurológicas, particularmente aquéllas con fiebre (por ejemplo, neumonía)
  • Efectos secundarios de medicamentos
  • Reviewed last on: 2/6/2010
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, and Department of Anatomy at UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Inouye SK. Delirium and other mental status problems in the older patient. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 26.

Knopman DS. Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 425.

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