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Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome Learning Center
Complications could include:
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Chronic Brain Damage
- Memory Loss
- Alcoholic Neuropathy
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Alcohol withdrawal; Difficulty with personal or social interaction; Injury caused by falls; Permanent alcoholic neuropathy; Permanent loss of thinking skills; Permanent loss of memory;
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Fifteen to twenty percent of all patients hospitalized for Wernicke's syndrome will die of the disorder. Although the degree of ataxia nearly always improves with treatment, half of those who survive will continue to have some permanent difficulty...
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The prognosis for full recovery from Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is poor. Once chronic Korsakoff's amnesia ensues, approximately 80% of patients will never fully recover the ability to learn and remember new information. Because they cannot learn ...
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Memory loss (amnesia) is unusual forgetfulness.
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Memory loss can be partial or total. Most memory loss occurs as part of the normal aging process. However, memory loss may also occur as a result of severe emotional trauma or due to brain damage following disease or physical trauma. Memory loss c...
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Amnesia refers to the loss of memory. Memory loss may result from two-sided (bilateral) damage to parts of Memory loss may result from bilateral damage to the limbic system of the brain responsible for memory storage, processing, and recall. (Illu...
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Alcoholic neuropathy is damage to the nerves that results from excessive drinking of alcohol.
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Alcohol, or ethanol, is a poison with direct toxic effects on nerve and muscle cells. Depending on which nerve and muscle pathways are involved, alcohol can have far-reaching effects on different parts of the brain, peripheral nerves, and muscles,...
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