An alcoholic addicted presents in an emergency with irrelevant talking & disoriented to time, place and person. There is h/o not taking alcohol from last 3 days & no head injury. He also has a visual hallucination. The diagnosis –
Correct Answer: Delirium tremens
Description: Disorientation and visual hallucinations after 3 days of alcohol abstinence, in an alcoholic, suggest the diagnosis of delirium tremens.
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