ICD-11 classes
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Nutritional or toxic disorders of the nervous system
8D40 — Neurological disorders due to nutrient deficiency
8D40.0 — Encephalopathy due to nutritional deficiency
5B5A.10 — Wernicke encephalopathy
ICD-11 5B5A.10 — Wernicke encephalopathy
Wernicke's encephalopathy is an acute neuropsychiatric syndrome characterised by nystagmus, ophthalmoplegia, changes in the mental status, an uncoordinated gait and truncal ataxia. Wernicke's encephalopathy is usually accompanied or followed by Korsakoff's syndrome/Korsakoff's dementia (a continuum of Wernicke's encephalopathy characterised by severe memory defects, ataxia, apathy, disorientation, confabulations, hallucinations, paralysis of muscles controlling the eye and coma). The disorder results from a deficiency in vitamin B1, and mostly occurs in adults with a history of alcohol abuse or in patients with AIDS.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
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