Koraakoff Syndrome

Question 1

Symptoms

Answer 1

• severe memory loss
• ataxia (low muscle control, cant control stength properly)
• confabulation ( making up stories and believing them)
• meager convos, lack of insight
• apathy, person loses interest quicky and appears indifferent ( no interest in activities)

Question 2

Caused by:

Answer 2

Chronic alcoholism and malnutrition

-caused by the lack of vitamin B1 in the brain