WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY: A CASE OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS COMPLICATION

Authors : Ayşe AKYÜZ

Pages : 40-46

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Publication Date : 2021-12-31

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Hypovitaminosis secondary to undernutrition is presented with clinical diseases coursing with broad spectrum symptoms. Thiamine insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(vitamin B1); deficiency is frequently associated with malnutrition, and causes serious neurological disorders as Wernicke’s encephalopathy insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(WE);, and beriberi disease. Even though clinical trials have predicted the incidence of WE as 0.04-0.13 %, post-mortem studies have demonstrated a higher incidence as 0.8-2.8 % which means that most of the cases go undiagnosed. Treatment with thiamine supplementation protects the patient from all of these diseases. In this article, a case who was diagnosed as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis who displayed Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome pattern was discussed. This manuscript was prepared to attract attention to this potentially fatal easily overlooked Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome pattern developing in especially undernourished amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients with percutaneous gastrostomy insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PEG); which may be mostly reversed with treatment at an early stage.
Keywords : Wernicke encephalopathy, Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, myroides