Fever, alcohol intoxication, drugs, withdrawal from barbiturates, withdrawal from alcohol, disturbances in body chemistry, and brain infections can cause delirium {delirium tremens}| (DTs). Most delirious patients recover completely after removing cause.
People can have desire to drink alcohol {dipsomania}.
Addicts that take MPTP destroy dopamine neurons and cannot move {frozen addict}, though conscious.
Alcohol can damage corpus callosum and anterior commissure {Marchhiafava-Bignami disease}.
Metal toxins {metal poisoning}, such as mercury or lead, can damage brains.
Drugs or anesthetics can cause stupor {narcosis, stupor}|.
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