Dazed: symptoms, causes, to medicine • hello healthy

Definition

What is it in a daze?

Daze is the inability to think as clearly or as fast as ever. You may feel disoriented and have trouble paying attention, remembering, and making decisions.

Some people who are absent-minded may have strange or unusual behavior. It is also possible that people with this condition act more aggressively.

Quoted from the US National Library of Medicine, this condition can appear quickly or slowly over time, depending on the cause. Often times, the confusion lasts for a short time and goes away on its own.

However, in some cases, the environment can become a permanent condition and cannot be cured. These conditions are associated with delirium or dementia.

How common is this condition?

Daze is a condition that can occur in patients of any age. However, this condition is more common in the elderly and occurs during hospitalization.

This condition can be treated by reducing risk factors. Talk to your doctor for more information.

Signs & symptoms

What are the signs and symptoms of being absent-minded?

The main symptoms of absent-mindedness are:

• Mixed and disorganized thoughts
• Sentences that are rambling or have long pauses when speaking
• Abnormal and chaotic speech
• Less aware of location and time
• Forgetting to do tasks while doing it
• Sudden changes in emotions, such as sudden restlessness
• Unusual, aggressive behavior
• Trouble solving problems that were once easy to do
• Don't know where you are or don't recognize family members or familiar things
• Believing in the wrong (delusion)
• Seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling or tasting something that is not there (hallucinations or illusions)
• Suspicion of another person pursuing or harming you (paranoia).

There may be signs and symptoms not listed above. If you have concerns about a particular symptom, consult your doctor.

When should I see a doctor?

You should contact your doctor if you experience any of the following symptoms:

• Dizzy
• Rapid heart rate
• Moisturized skin
• Fever
• Headache
• Shivering
• Irregular breathing
• This condition often occurs suddenly in people with diabetes
• Sudden loss of consciousness.

An easy way to determine if someone is in a daze is to ask for their name, age, and date. If they answer confused or incorrectly, they may experience this condition. Immediately contact a doctor.

Cause

What causes confusion?

There are several factors that can cause this condition, from serious health problems to vitamin deficiency. Alcohol poisoning is also a common cause of confusion. Other causes of being absent-minded are:

Concussion

A concussion is a brain injury that occurs as a result of trauma to the head. Concussions can change a person's level of consciousness, judgment, coordination and speech. You can pass out if you have a concussion, but you may also have it but not realize it. You may not feel lightheaded for several days after the injury.

Dehydration

Your body loses fluids every day through sweat, urine and other bodily functions. If you don't replace fluids enough, you can become dehydrated. This can affect the amount of electrolytes (minerals) in the body, which can cause disturbances in bodily functions.

Drugs

Certain medications can cause confusion. Not using the medicines as directed and stopping the drugs can cause confusion.

Daze is a common sign of medical complications associated with cancer treatment. Chemotherapy, which uses chemicals to kill cancer cells, often affects healthy cells.

Chemotherapy can cause damage to nerves, which can affect brain function and cause confusion.

Other potential causes

Other conditions that may cause confusion are:

• Fever
• Infection
• Low blood sugar
• Sudden drop in body temperature
• Depression
• Alcohol or drug poisoning
• Brain tumor
• Diseases in the elderly, such as loss of brain function (dementia)
• Disease in people with neurological diseases, such as stroke
• Lack of sleep
• Low oxygen levels (for example, due to chronic lung disease)
• Nutritional deficiencies, especially niacin, thiamine or vitamin B12
• Seizures.

Risk factors

What increases my risk for confusion?

Some of the factors that increase your risk of experiencing confusion are:

• Increasing age as the most significant risk factor
• Stay in the hospital
• Postoperative recovery
• Drug abuse
• Excess alcohol use
• Brain conditions

Treatment

The information provided is not a substitute for medical advice. ALWAYS consult your doctor.

How is this condition diagnosed?

The doctor will do a physical exam and ask about your condition. The doctor will ask questions to see if the patient knows the date, time and where he is. Questions about conditions will also be asked.

Tests that can be done to diagnose absent-mindedness are:

• Blood test
• CT scan of the head
• Electroencephalogram (EEG)
• Mental status test
• Neuropsychological tests
• Urine test

How is confusion handled?

Treatment depends on the cause of the condition. For example, if an infection causes a daze, dealing with the infection will resolve the daze.

In severe daze or delirium, treatment that may be helpful is antipsychotic drugs (to treat hallucinations and to improve sensory problems). These drugs include:

• Haloperidol (Haldol)
• Risperidone (Risperdal)
• Olanzapine (Zyprexa)
• Quetiapine (Seroquel)

Other drugs may also be prescribed by a doctor, including benzodiazepines, which are drugs that are used when the patient stops using alcohol and illegal drugs.

After the symptoms improve, the patient is not allowed to stop taking the drug suddenly. Instead, the dose should be decreased gradually.

Home remedies

What are some lifestyle changes or home remedies that can be done to treat daze?

Lifestyle and home remedies that can help you deal with your daze is to do activities that can improve your cognitive abilities. People with this condition should not be left alone. For security reasons, the person needs boundaries.

Here are ways to help others who are in a daze:

• Always introduce yourself, no matter how much that person knows you first
• Remind often of the person's location
• Put the calendar and clock near the person
• Talk about activities and plans for the day
• Try to keep the atmosphere calm and lonely.

For a sudden daze due to low blood sugar (for example, from diabetes medications), the patient should consume sugary drinks or foods. If the confusion lasts more than 10 minutes, contact the medical team.

If you have any questions, consult your doctor for the best solution to your problem.