Degenerative Brain Disease Wernicke's Encephalopathy

Signs & Symptoms
As a degenerative brain disease Wernicke's Encephalopathy will first target the nervous system before attacking any further systems. When diagnosing a patient, a doctor will look for early indications of damage to the nervous system such as ophthalmalgia or abnormal eye movement. Additional nervous system irregularities a doctor will examine for are decreased or abnormal reflexes, rapid heart rate, irregular blood pressure and temperature. The patient will display trouble walking as well as muscle weakness and atrophy. Besides the evidence of nervous and muscular damage the patient will also appear to be malnourished. In order to check the patient’s nutrition levels, the following exams are performed a serum albumin is