Sober living

Patients with Korsakoff psychosis may become unable to care for themselves, and without treatment, the condition can be fatal. “Wet brain” is a term used to describe the chronic brain disorder, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome or Korsakoff’s psychosis. Cirrhosis, pancreatitis, and cardiovascular disease are some of the more common damaging effects of chronic alcohol abuse, but wet […]

There is no current evidence that alcohol-related seizures confer additional maternal or fetal risk, over and above those of alcohol abuse and seizures independently. A pregnancy test should be performed in all women of childbearing age with alcohol withdrawal (79). Pregnant patients should be admitted to the inpatient setting if they require withdrawal management, and