Disorientation is a disorder of consciousness in which it is difficult for a person to think quickly, correctly, act, and navigate. The patient may forget where he was going, what happened to him some time ago. Such a person needs constant help from other people.
Reasons for disorientation
Where does disorientation begin? First, the patient begins to decrease attention, and he is poorly oriented in the area. This leads to impaired speech, memory deteriorates. The patient has such features as silence, depression, inactivity. Most often, this disorder appears in the elderly. Disorientation is the inability to navigate independently in a situation, time, location, people. Main reasons:
- Stress and nervous tension.
- The consequences of anesthesia.
- Long stay in the cold.
- Heatstroke.
- Excessive alcohol consumption.
- The use of narcotic drugs, psychotropic drugs, sedatives.
- Unreasonable dieting.
- Post-traumatic conditions, concussion.
- The manifestation of serious diseases: diabetes mellitus, Alzheimer's disease, hypoglycemia, renal failure, endocrine system disorders.
- The result of severe infections.
Preventive measures
Disorientation is a violation in consciousness in which a person cannot think clearly and clearly. The appearance of such a disorder requires a thorough examination and an accurate diagnosis. If disorientation of consciousness is caused by taking medications, then the attending physician will review their doses or prescribe another remedy.
If confusion caught a person by surprise, then you need to try to stay calm, not to panic, but to analyze the causes of the ailment. Often disorientation is a signal of some kind of disease, disorder. In this condition, you need to drink a lot, monitor blood pressure, check the pulse. Sometimes, to prevent confusion, a specialist prescribes antidepressants.
Types of Disorders
Among the most common types of disorientation:
- spatial disturbance;
- lost time;
- social disorientation.
With a spatial disorder, the patient cannot find out where he is. If there is a discrepancy in time, then the patient does not remember the days of the week, time of day. Sometimes in children and adolescents there is social disorientation. It occurs when the living conditions of a very sensitive child change. This may be admission to kindergarten, school.
The psychological feature of a socially disoriented person is a reduced sensitivity to social norms. We need to constantly work with such children in order to bring their development to the appropriate level.