Disorientation is a disorder of consciousness, withwhich is difficult for a person to quickly and correctly think, act, orient. A 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 begin?First, the patient begins to decline in attention, and he is not well oriented in the area. This leads to impaired speech, memory deteriorates. The patient appears such features as silence, depression, immobility. Most often, this disorder appears in older people. Disorientation is the inability to independently navigate the situation, time, terrain, people. Main reasons:
- Stress and nervous tension.
- The effects of anesthesia.
- Long stay in the cold.
- Heatstroke.
- Excessive use of alcohol.
- Taking narcotic drugs, psychotropic drugs, sedatives.
- Unreasonable diet.
- Post-traumatic conditions, concussion.
- The manifestation of serious diseases: diabetes mellitus, Alzheimer's disease, hypoglycemia, renal failure, endocrine disorders.
- The result of severe infections.
Prevention measures
Дезориентация - это нарушение в сознании, при which a person cannot think clearly and clearly. The appearance of such a disorder requires a thorough examination and an accurate diagnosis. If the disorientation of consciousness is caused by taking medications, the attending physician will review their doses or prescribe another remedy.
If confusion overtook manby surprise, then you need to try to keep calm, not to panic, but to analyze the causes of the disease. Often disorientation is a signal of a disease, a disorder. In this state, you need to drink a lot, monitor blood pressure, check the pulse. Sometimes, to prevent confusion, the specialist prescribes antidepressants.
Types of disorders
Among the most common types of disorientation:
- spatial disturbance;
- lost in time;
- social disorientation.
With spatial disorder, the patient does notcan find out the place where he is. If there is a discord in time, the patient does not remember the days of the week, the time of day. Sometimes children and teenagers are socially disoriented. It occurs when the living conditions of a very sensitive child change. This may be enrolling in kindergarten, school.
Психологическая особенность socially disoriented personality - reduced sensitivity to social norms. With such children, you need to constantly work to bring their development to the appropriate level.
