Gaye-Wernicke Alcoholic Encephalopathy. (S. J. A. Gayet, 1833-1904, French Physician; K. Wernicke, 1848-1905, German Psychiatrist and Neuropathologist)

Gaye-Wernicke is one of the most well-known symptoms of alcoholic psychosis, which is characterized by sudden emotional changes, lack of coordination of movements and speech disorders. This syndrome manifests itself especially clearly with prolonged alcohol abuse. Moreover, it is among the most common and severe complications of long-term use.

Gaye-Venicke alcoholic encelopathy

S.J.A. Gayet (1833 - 1902), French doctor K. Wernice (1846 - 11.0.1917), German psychiatrist. Acute alcoholic psychosis (“acute alcohol intoxication”), characterized by the occurrence of severe symptoms in patients, ranging from states of stupor and amnesia to pseudoparalysis and delusional experiences. I. P. Nasadyuk, Yu. S. Savin (Moscow). To this day, the name “delirium delirium” is most often applied to the milder, less dramatic psychosis that is caused by withdrawal symptoms. In the late Russian psychiatric literature, there are references to both alcoholic pathology in general and the syndrome of alcoholic psychoses, taking into account their severity, etiology, pathogenesis, etc. The work of A. Schmutzler is especially complete in this regard, in which, based on available data, the frequency of a wide variety of withdrawal symptoms. Among them, we should mention severe “mental hypertension” with tachycardia (up to 130 per minute) during sleep, accompanied by intense dreams; the classic picture of alcoholic hallucinosis, including visual and auditory verbal hallucinations, up to agglutinations and automatic speech, and a number of other rare manifestations of withdrawal syndrome. As noted by Allenova V.I., Peremyshkin B.N., Petrov Yu.A., Gromov M.A. et al. (1985), if alcohol has a sedative effect even in small concentrations, then alcohol of high concentration, on the contrary, increases excessive excitability of the cerebral cortex, which can be characterized by a number of behavior options, from aggressiveness to drowsiness, the formation of confusion and even coma. Despite the fact that symptoms characteristic of Gaiet-Venicke alcoholic psychosis still occur occasionally, there is a definite tendency to reduce the relationship between alcohol consumption and these ailments. If the doctor makes this diagnosis, it will indicate a serious problem that can have serious consequences if not treated on time.