NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC ALCOHOLIC CONSUMPTION IN PATIENTS ADMITTED TO SVS HOSPITAL, MAHABUBNAGAR, TELANGANA STATE – A FIVE-YEAR STUDY WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE.

Abstract

Background: The neurological complications of alcoholism include both the peripheral and the central nervous system like the alcohol withdrawal syndrome which includes alcohol withdrawal seizures, delirium tremens, alcohol hallucinosis, alcoholic peripheral neuropathy, alcoholic myopathy, Wernicke encephalopathy, combination of Wernicke encephalopathy with Korsakoff's psychosis. AMaterials and methods: total of 134 consecutive patients without a prior diagnosis of neurologic disease presenting with seizures or other neurologic disorder, and a chronic use of various alcohol intake were studied and investigated. 74(53.33%) cases had withdrawal seizures, polyneuropathy inObservations: 18(13.43%) cases, Alcoholic compressive neuropathy and Korsakoff's psychosis noted in 12(8.96%) cases each, alcoholic myopathy in 10 and Wernicke's neuropathy was seen in 8(7.42%). The present study was compared with various earlier studies and tabulated.