11 Facts About Delirium tremens

Delirium tremens is a rapid onset of confusion usually caused by withdrawal from alcohol.

Name delirium tremens was first used in 1813; however, the symptoms were well described since the 1700s.

Main symptoms of delirium tremens are nightmares, agitation, global confusion, disorientation, visual and auditory hallucinations, tactile hallucinations, fever, high blood pressure, heavy sweating, and other signs of autonomic hyperactivity.

Delirium tremens usually includes extremely intense feelings of "impending doom".

Delirium tremens is mainly caused by a long period of drinking being stopped abruptly.

Delirium tremens commonly affects those with a history of habitual alcohol use or alcoholism that has existed for more than 10 years.

Delirium tremens is a component of alcohol withdrawal hypothesized to be the result of compensatory changes in response to chronic heavy alcohol use.

Nicknames for delerium Delirium tremens include "the DTs", "the shakes", "the oopizootics", "barrel-fever", "the blue horrors", "bottleache", "bats", "the drunken horrors", "seeing pink elephants", "gallon distemper", "quart mania", "heebie jeebies", "pink spiders", and "riding the ghost train", as well as "ork orks", "the zoots", "the 750 itch", and "pint paralysis".

Delirium tremens insisted on the risk of not ceasing, and repeated his order that no alcohol should be given.

Delirium tremens walked up-stairs, candle in hand, not knowing whether he should straitaway enter his own room and go to bed, or turn to the patient's room and rectify his omission.

Delirium tremens's fellow Pythons were astonished as Chapman was an accomplished mountaineer.