Disorientation is a disorder of consciousness in which it is difficult for a person to think, act, and orientate quickly and correctly. The patient may forget where he went, what happened to him some time ago. Such a person needs constant help from other people.
Causes of disorientation
How does disorientation start? At first, the patient's attention begins to decrease, and he is poorly oriented in the area. This leads to impaired speech, memory deteriorates. The patient appears such features as silence, depression, inactivity. Most often, this disorder occurs in older people. Disorientation is the inability to independently navigate the situation, time, place, people. Top Reasons:
- Stress and nervous tension.
- The consequences of anesthesia.
- Long stay in the cold.
- Heatstroke.
- Excessive drinking.
- Using narcotic drugs, psychotropic drugs, sedatives.
- Unwise dieting.
- Post-traumatic conditions,concussion.
- The manifestation of serious diseases: diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, hypoglycemia, kidney failure, endocrine system disorders.
- The result of severe infections.
Prevention measures
Disorientation is a disturbance in consciousness in which a person cannot think clearly and clearly. The appearance of such a disorder requires a thorough examination and the establishment of an accurate diagnosis. If the disorientation of consciousness is caused by taking medications, then the attending physician will review their doses or prescribe another remedy.
If confusion overtook a person by surprise, then you need to try to remain calm, not panic, but analyze the causes of the disease. Often, disorientation is a signal of some kind of disease, disorder. In this state, you need to drink a lot, monitor blood pressure, check the pulse. Sometimes a specialist will prescribe antidepressants to prevent confusion.
Types of disorders
Among the most common types of disorientation:
- spatial disturbance;
- lost in time;
- social disorientation.
With spatial disorder, the patient cannot recognize the place where he is. If there is a discord in time, then the patient does not remember the days of the week, the time of day. Sometimes children and adolescents experience social disorientation. It occurs when the living conditions of a very sensitive child change. It could beadmission to kindergarten, school.
Psychological feature of a socially disoriented personality is reduced sensitivity to social norms. With such children, you need to constantly work to bring their development to the appropriate level.
