2021
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.693920
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Case Report: Intensive Inpatient Neurorehabilitation Achieves Sustained Real-World Benefits in Severe Alcohol-Related Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome: A Case Study With 7-Years Follow-Up

Abstract: About 85% of survivors of acute Wernicke's Encephalopathy (WE), a frequent and serious consequence of thiamine deficiency and alcohol misuse, sustain chronic neurocognitive deficits also known as chronic Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS). If alcoholism is combined with smoking, tobacco alcohol optic neuropathy (TAON) may occur which leads to visual impairment. In contrast to WKS, TAON may be treated successfully by early vitamin substitution and detoxification. Little research has been conducted on WKS longter… Show more

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“…Currently, the patient presents a neuropsychiatric episode where he does not recognize his disease, accompanied by the chronicity of each of his symptoms, especially in anxiety and less in depression. For this reason, it is a necessary multidisciplinary intervention, which comprises specialties such as internal medicine, psychology, neuropsychology, neurology, physiotherapy, and occupational health, which have a clear objective, the improvement of his QOL [9][10][11][12][13][14].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Currently, the patient presents a neuropsychiatric episode where he does not recognize his disease, accompanied by the chronicity of each of his symptoms, especially in anxiety and less in depression. For this reason, it is a necessary multidisciplinary intervention, which comprises specialties such as internal medicine, psychology, neuropsychology, neurology, physiotherapy, and occupational health, which have a clear objective, the improvement of his QOL [9][10][11][12][13][14].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%