WERNICKE-KORSAKOFF SYNDROME

Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome



Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, also known as Korsakoff's psychosis, wet brain, Wernicke's disease, alcoholic encephalopathy, and encephalopathy-alcoholic manifestation the deficiency of thiamine or vitamin B1, or beriberi. This is generally ranked secondary to alcohol abuse, and is primarily the reason for ataxia, vision changes, and damaged or weakened memory (MedlinePlus, 2012). Vitamin B1 usually lacks in the bodies of people who are the subjects of alcoholism. It also dominates the bodies that are unable to absorb food in a proper manner, the condition which sometimes happens after the obesity surgery. Korsakoff psychosis usually develops when the symptoms of Wernicke's ...