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Causes of Confusion

This section discusses 725 medical conditions causing Confusion. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Confusion:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Confusion. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Confusion:

The following list of conditions have 'Confusion' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Abdominal Aneurysm ... confusion
  • Acanthamoeba infection ... confusion
  • Acanthamoeba infection of the central nervous system ... confusion
  • Aceruloplasminemia ... confusion
  • Acid-Base Imbalance ... confusion, delirium
  • Actinomycetales infection ... confusion
  • Acute Bokhoror ... confusion, delirium
  • Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis ... delirium
  • Acute fatty liver of pregnancy ... confusion
  • Acute liver failure ... delirium
  • Acute Pesticide poisoning - xylene ... confusion
  • Acute VE ... confusion, delirium
  • Acute Viliuisk Encephalitis ... confusion, delirium
  • Acute Viliuisk Encephalomyelitis ... confusion, delirium
  • Acute Vilyuisk Encephalitis ... confusion, delirium
  • Acute Vilyuisk Encephalomyelitis ... confusion, delirium
  • Adverse reaction to chemical - 1-Propanol ... delirium
  • African Sleeping sickness ... Progressive confusion
  • Aging brain syndrome ... confusion
  • Alcohol drinking ... confusion
  • Alcohol Withdrawal ... delirium tremens
  • Alcohol-Induced Disorders ... delirium, confusion
  • Alcohol-induced pseudo-Cushing syndrome ... confusion
  • Alcoholic Neuropathy ... confusion
  • Alcoholism ... delirium tremens
  • Alzheimer disease 10 ... confusion
  • Alzheimer disease 12 ... confusion
  • Alzheimer disease 13 ... confusion
  • Alzheimer disease 14 ... confusion
  • Alzheimer disease 15 ... confusion
  • Alzheimer disease 16 ... Confusion
  • Alzheimer disease 2, late-onset ... Confusion
  • Alzheimer disease 3, (early-onset Alzheimer disease) ... Confusion
  • Alzheimer disease 5 ... confusion
  • Alzheimer disease 6 ... confusion
  • Alzheimer disease 7 ... confusion
  • Alzheimer disease 8 ... confusion
  • Alzheimer disease 9 ... confusion
  • Alzheimer disease type 1 ... confusion
  • Alzheimer disease type 2 ... confusion
  • Alzheimer disease type 4 ... confusion
  • Alzheimer disease, early-onset, with cerebral amyloid angiopathy ... Confusion
  • Alzheimer disease, familial ... confusion
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 1 ... confusion
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 11 ... Confusion
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 3, with spastic paraparesis and apraxia ... Confusion
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 3, with spastic paraparesis and unusual plaques ... Confusion
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 4 ... Confusion
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, type 3 ... confusion
  • Alzheimer's Disease ... confusion
  • Alzheimer's disease without Neurofibrillary tangles ... confusion
  • Ambien overdose ... confusion
  • Ambien withdrawal ... confusion
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry ... confusion
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 1 ... confusion
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 2 ... confusion
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 3 ... confusion
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 4 ... confusion
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 5 ... confusion
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 6 ... confusion
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 7 ... confusion
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 8 ... confusion
  • Anoxemia ... confusion
  • Anticholinergic syndrome ... delirium
  • Aorta-pulmonary artery fistula ... confusion
  • Apallic syndrome ... unresponsive
  • Appian-Plutarch syndrome ... confusion, delirium
  • Arbovirosis ... confusion
  • Argentinean hemorrhagic fever ... delirium
  • Ativan overdose ... mental confusion, confusion
  • Autoimmune Hepatitis ... mental confusion
  • Autoimmune limbic encephalitis ... confusion
  • Azotemia, famial ... confusion

    B

  • Back tumour ... confusion
  • Baneberry poisoning ... confusion
  • Basal ganglia disease, biotin-responsive ... confusion
  • Basilar artery insufficiency syndrome ... confusion
  • Benign astrocytoma ... confusion
  • Bing-Neel syndrome ... confusion
  • Blood cancer ... confusion, delirium
  • Bolivian hemorrhagic fever ... delirium
  • Box thorn poisoning ... delirium
  • Brain Concussion ... confusion
  • Brill disease ... delirium
  • Bristowe's syndrome ... confusion
  • Bubonic plague ... delirium
  • Burnett's milk drinker's syndrome ... confusion
  • Burnett's syndrome ... confusion

    C

  • Carcinomatous meningitis ... confusion
  • Carnitine transporter deficiency ... confusion
  • Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome ... confusion
  • Central nervous system lymphoma, primary ... confusion
  • Central nervous system oxygen toxicity ... confusion
  • Cerebellar abscess ... confusion
  • Cerebral abscess ... confusion
  • Cerebral astrocytoma, adult ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - 2,4-Dinitrotoluene ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - 4,4-Methylenebis ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - 4-Aminopyridine ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Acetylsalicylic Acid ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Acrylamide ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Adiponitrile ... mental confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Aldicarb ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Aniline ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Azinphos-methyl ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Boric Acid ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Bromethalin ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Bromide ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Bromophos ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Butyl Alcohol ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Camphor ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Carbaryl ... mental confusion, confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Carbon Tetrachloride ... confusion, delirium
  • Chemical poisoning - Chlordane ... confusion, delirium
  • Chemical poisoning - Chloromethane ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Chlorpyrifos ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Coumaphos ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Cresols ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Cresylic acid ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Cyclohexanone ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - DDD ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - DDT ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Demeton-S-methyl ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Diazinon ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Dibromochloromethane ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Dichlorvos ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Dicrotophos ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Dieldrin ... mental confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Diethylene Glycol ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Dinitrocresol ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Dioxathion ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Disulfiram ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Disulfoton ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Endosulfan ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Ethion ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Ethylene Glycol Dinitrate ... delirium
  • Chemical poisoning - Fensulfothion ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Fenthion ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Gasoline ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Glaze ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Glycol Ether ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - High Melting Explosive (HMX) ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Hydrazine ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Hydroquinone ... delirium
  • Chemical poisoning - Isofenphos ... mental confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Jet Fuel-4 ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Jet Fuel-5 ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Kerosene ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide ... delirium
  • Chemical poisoning - Malathion ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Methidathion ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Methiocarb ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Methomyl ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Metobromuron ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - N,N-Dimethyl-P-Toluidine ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Naphthalene ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Nickel Carbonyl ... delirium
  • Chemical poisoning - Nitrobenzene ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Nitroglycerin ... confusion, delirium
  • Chemical poisoning - Nitrophenol ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Nitrophenol Urea ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Oil-based paint ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Parathion ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Phencyclidine ... delirium
  • Chemical poisoning - Phosdrin ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Phosphine ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Profenofos ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Propane ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Propoxur ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Propylene Glycol Dinitrate ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Terbufos ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Tetrachloroethane ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Tetraethyl Pyrophosphate ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Thallium ... delirium
  • Chemical poisoning - Thallium Sulfate ... delirium
  • Chemical poisoning - Thiram ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Toluene ... confusion
  • Chemical poisoning - Trichlorfon ... confusion
  • Chicken soup poisoning ... delirium
  • Christmas Cherry poisoning ... delirium
  • Cirrhosis of the liver ... unresponsiveness
  • Citrullinemia ... confusion
  • Citrullinemia II ... confusion
  • Classic migraine ... confusion
  • Cocaine abuse ... delirium
  • Cocaine addiction ... confusion
  • Coenzyme Q cytochrome c reductase deficiency of ... mental confusion
  • Colchicine toxicity ... confusion, delirium
  • Concussion ... mental confusion, confusion
  • Congenital hepatic porphyria ... delirium
  • Congenital nonhemolytic jaundice ... confusion
  • Cope's syndrome ... confusion
  • Corn Lily poisoning ... confusion
  • Crack addiction ... confusion
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ... confusion
  • Crigler-Najjar syndrome, type 1 ... confusion
  • Cryptococcal Meningitis ... confusion
  • Cryptococcosis ... confusion
  • Cysticercosis ... confusion

    D

  • D'Acosta ... confusion
  • Daphne poisoning ... delirium
  • Darvocet overdose ... confusion
  • Defibrination syndrome ... Confusion
  • Dehydration ... confusion
  • Delirium ... confusion
  • Delirium tremens ... delirium
  • Dementia ... confusion, becoming lost in familiar places
  • Dementia With Lewy Bodies ... acute confusion
  • Demerol overdose ... confusion
  • Dentatorubral Pallidoluysian Atrophy ... confusion
  • Devil's trumpet poisoning ... delirium
  • Dexedrine overdose ... confusion
  • Dextromethorphan toxicity ... confusion
  • Diabetic hypoglycemia ... confusion
  • Diabetic Ketoacidosis ... confusion
  • Dilaudid overdose ... confusion
  • Dilutional hyponatremia ... confusion
  • Disequilibrium syndrome ... confusion
  • Dissociative Amnesia ... Confusion
  • Dissociative disorder ... Confusion
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder ... Confusion
  • Dobriner syndrome ... confusion
  • Down's Syndrome associated Alzheimer's disease ... Confusion
  • Drug Allergies ... confusion
  • Dysbarism ... confusion

    E

  • Early-onset Alzheimer's ... Confusion
  • East African Trypanosomiasis ... Progressive confusion
  • Ecstasy addiction ... confusion
  • Ecstasy overdose ... delirium
  • Ehrlichiosis ... confusion
  • Electrolyte abnormality ... confusion, delirium
  • Elephant's-ear poisoning ... delirium
  • Encephalitis ... confusion, poor responsiveness
  • End Stage Liver Failure ... delirium, confusion
  • End-stage renal disease ... confusion
  • Epidemic typhus ... delirium
  • Epidermoid carcinoma ... confusion
  • Episodic ataxia, type 6 ... confusion

    F

  • Familial Forms of Alzheimer's Disease ... Confusion
  • Familial hypertension ... confusion
  • Fentanyl toxicity ... confusion
  • Flea-borne diseases ... Delirium
  • Foxglove poisoning ... delirium, confusion
  • Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor ... confusion
  • Fungal meningitis ... confusion

    G

  • Grand mal seizures ... confusion
  • Granulomatous amebic encephalitis ... confusion
  • Gräsbeck-Imerslund disease ... confusion

    H

  • Hallervorden-Spatz disease ... confusion
  • Hashimoto's encephalitis ... confusion
  • Head Conditions ... Confusion
  • Head injury ... confusion
  • Headache ... Confusion
  • Hemiplegic migraine, familial type 1 ... confusion
  • Hemiplegic migraine, familial type 2 ... confusion
  • Herbal Agent adverse reaction - Pennyroyal Oil ... confusion, delirium
  • Herbal Agent overdose - Wormwood ... delirium
  • Hereditary carnitine deficiency ... confusion
  • Hereditary carnitine deficiency syndrome ... confusion
  • Hereditary carnitine deficiency syndrome, systemic ... confusion
  • Heroin dependence ... confusion
  • High altitude cerebral edema ... confusion
  • Hip cancer ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF01_AE ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF02_AG ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF04_ cpx ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF05_ D/F ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF06_cpx ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF07_BC ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF08_BC ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF11_cpx ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF12_BF ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF13_cpx ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF14_BG ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF15_01B ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF16_ A2D ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF17_BF ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF18_cpx ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF19_cpx ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF20_BG ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF21_A2D ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF22_01A1 ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF23_BG ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF24_BG ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF25_cpx ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF26_AU ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF27_cpx ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF28_BF ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF29_BF ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF30_0206 ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF31_BC ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF32_06A1 ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF33_01B ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF34_01B ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF35_AD ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF36_cpx ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF37_cpx ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF38_BF ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF39_BF ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF40_BF ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF41_CD ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF42_BF ... confusion
  • HIV-1, CRF43_02G ... confusion
  • HIV-1A ... confusion
  • HIV-1A1 ... confusion
  • HIV-1A2 ... confusion
  • HIV-1A3 ... confusion
  • HIV-1B ... confusion
  • HIV-1C ... confusion
  • HIV-1D ... confusion
  • HIV-1E ... confusion
  • HIV-1F ... confusion
  • HIV-1F1 ... confusion
  • HIV-1F2 ... confusion
  • HIV-1G ... confusion
  • HIV-1H ... confusion
  • HIV-1J ... confusion
  • HIV-1K ... confusion
  • HIV-1M ... confusion
  • HIV-1N ... confusion
  • HIV-1O ... confusion
  • HIV-2 ... confusion
  • HIV-2A ... confusion
  • HIV-2B ... confusion
  • HIV/AIDS ... confusion
  • Hoigné syndrome ... confusion
  • Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis ... confusion
  • Human monocytic ehrlichiosis ... confusion
  • Hydrocodone overdose ... confusion
  • Hypercalcemia ... confusion
  • Hyperemesis Gravidarum ... confusion
  • Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Syndrome ... Mental confusion
  • Hyperinsulinism due to glucokinase deficiency ... confusion
  • Hyperinsulinism due to glutamodehydrogenase deficiency ... confusion
  • Hyperinsulinism in children, congenital ... confusion
  • Hyperornithinemia-hyperammonemia-homocitrullinuria syndrome ... confusion
  • Hyperoxia ... confusion
  • Hyperparathyroidism ... confusion, delirium
  • Hypertension ... confusion
  • Hypoglycemia ... confusion
  • Hypoglycemic attack ... confusion
  • Hypomagnesemia primary ... confusion
  • Hyponatremia ... confusion
  • Hypothermia ... confusion
  • Hypovolemia ... confusion

    I

  • Imerslünd-Grasbeck Syndrome ... confusion
  • Immunosuppressive Measles Encephalitis ... confusion
  • Impramine toxicity ... confusion
  • Inborn urea cycle disorder ... delirium
  • Insulinoma ... confusion
  • Intracranial arachnoid cysts ... confusion

    J

  • Japanese pagoda tree poisoning ... delirium
  • Jaundice ... confusion

    K

  • Kentucky coffee tea poisoning ... confusion
  • Kidney stones ... confusion
  • King Cobra poisoning ... confusion

    L

  • Late-onset Alzheimer's ... Confusion
  • Lead poisoning ... confusion
  • Legionella adelaidensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella anisa infection ... confusion
  • Legionella beliardensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella birminghamensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella bozemanii infection ... confusion
  • Legionella bruneiensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella brunensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella busanensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella cherrii infection ... confusion
  • Legionella cincinnatiensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella donaldsonii infection ... confusion
  • Legionella donaldsonil infection ... confusion
  • Legionella drancourtii infection ... confusion
  • Legionella drozanskii infection ... confusion
  • Legionella dumofii infection ... confusion
  • Legionella erythra infection ... confusion
  • Legionella fairfieldensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella fallonii infection ... confusion
  • Legionella feelei infection ... confusion
  • Legionella feeleii infection ... confusion
  • Legionella gesstiana infection ... confusion
  • Legionella gormanii infection ... confusion
  • Legionella gratiana infection ... confusion
  • Legionella gresilensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella hackeliae infection ... confusion
  • Legionella impletisoli infection ... confusion
  • Legionella isrealensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella jamestowniensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella jordanis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella lansingensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella londinensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella longbeachae infection ... confusion
  • Legionella lytica infection ... confusion
  • Legionella maceachemii infection ... confusion
  • Legionella maceachernii infection ... confusion
  • Legionella micdadei infection ... confusion
  • Legionella monrovica infection ... confusion
  • Legionella moravica infection ... confusion
  • Legionella nautarum infection ... confusion
  • Legionella oakridgensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella parisiensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella quateirensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella quinlivanii infection ... confusion
  • Legionella rowbothamii infection ... confusion
  • Legionella rubrilucens infection ... confusion
  • Legionella sainthelensi infection ... confusion
  • Legionella santicrucis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella shakespearei infection ... confusion
  • Legionella spiritensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella steigerwaltii infection ... confusion
  • Legionella tauriensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella tusconensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella wadsorthii infection ... confusion
  • Legionella wadsworthii infection ... confusion
  • Legionella waltersii infection ... confusion
  • Legionella worsliensis infection ... confusion
  • Legionella yabuuchiae infection ... confusion
  • Legionnaires' disease ... confusion, delirium
  • Leukemia ... confusion
  • Leukoencephalopathy ... confusion
  • Lhermitte-McAlpine syndrome ... delirium, confusion
  • Lily-of-the-Valley poisoning ... confusion
  • Limbic encephalitis ... confusion
  • Limbic encephalitis - neuromyotonia - hyperhidrosis - polyneuropathy ... confusion
  • Listeriosis ... confusion
  • Liver failure ... confusion
  • Lortab overdose ... confusion
  • Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis ... confusion
  • Lysteria monocytoigeneses meningitis ... confusion

    M

  • Malaria ... delirium
  • Marburg virus ... delirium
  • Marijuana abuse ... confusion
  • Marijuana addiction ... mental confusion
  • Marijuana overdose ... delirium
  • Measles Encephalitis in Children with Immunosuppression ... confusion
  • Megaloblastic Anemia 1 ... confusion
  • Melioidosis ... confusion
  • Meningitis ... alertness changes, confusion, confusion
  • Meningococcal disease ... alertness changes, confusion, delirium
  • Menopause ... confusion
  • Mercury poisoning - consumption of contaminated fish ... mental confusion, delirium
  • Mercury poisoning - Folk Remedies ... mental confusion, delirium
  • Metabolic Acidosis ... mental confusion
  • Metastatic insulinoma ... confusion
  • Methadone overdose ... confusion
  • Methamphetamine overdose ... confusion
  • Methylmalonicacidemia with homocystinuria, cbl D ... delirium, confusion
  • Microcephaly brain defect spasticity hypernatremia ... unresponsiveness
  • Migraine ... confusion
  • Migrainous stupor migraine ... confusion
  • Milk poisoning ... confusion
  • Milk-Alkali syndrome ... confusion
  • Mixed connective tissue disease ... Delirium
  • Monkshood poisoning ... confusion
  • Morphine toxicity ... confusion
  • Multi-Infarct Dementia ... confusion
  • Multiple Myeloma ... confusion
  • Mustard tree poisoning ... confusion

    N

  • N-acetyl glutamate synthetase deficiency ... confusion
  • Naegleria ... confusion
  • Narcotic addiction ... confusion
  • Neurocysticercosis ... confusion
  • Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome ... delirium
  • Neurosarcoidosis ... confusion
  • Neurosyphilis ... mental confusion
  • Nipah virus encephalitis ... mental confusion
  • Nocardiosis ... confusion
  • Nonaffective Psychosis ... Confusion
  • Nutritional deficiency ... Confusion

    O

  • Oleander poisoning ... delirium
  • Opioid addiction ... confusion
  • Opioid toxicity ... confusion
  • Opium addiction ... confusion
  • Opium overdose ... confusion
  • Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) Deficiency ... confusion
  • Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency ... confusion
  • Oxycontin addiction ... confusion
  • Oxycontin overdose ... confusion

    P

  • Pain killer addiction ... confusion
  • Paraneoplastic Autoimmune Syndromes ... Confusion
  • Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis ... confusion
  • Pediatric AIDS ... confusion
  • Pellagra ... confusion
  • Pellagra-like syndrome ... confusion
  • Percocet overdose ... confusion
  • Periorbital Cellulitis ... confusion/delirium
  • Persistent Vegetative State ... lack of awareness of the environment, lack of response
  • Pfiesteria piscicida infection ... confusion
  • Phenytoin toxicity ... mental confusion
  • Plague ... delirium
  • Plant poisoning - Amygdalin ... mental confusion
  • Plant poisoning - Angel's trumpet (D. suaveolans) ... delirium
  • Plant poisoning - Cyanogenic glycoside ... mental confusion
  • Plant poisoning - Digitalis glycoside ... confusion, delirium
  • Plant poisoning - Hydroquinone ... delirium
  • Plant poisoning - Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium) ... delirium
  • Plant poisoning - Lobeline ... mental confusion
  • Plant poisoning - potato (Solanum tuberosum) ... delirium
  • Plasma cell leukemia ... mental confusion
  • Pneumonia caused by serotype O11 Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ... mental confusion
  • Pneumonia, Aspiration ... mental confusion
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial ... mental confusion
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal ... mental confusion
  • Pneumonia, Viral ... mental confusion
  • Poisoning ... Confusion, Delirium
  • Postoperative haemorrhage ... Confusion
  • Postoperative respiratory failure ... Confusion
  • Postoperative septicaemia ... Confusion
  • Prescribed medication addiction ... confusion
  • Primary amebic meningoencephalitis ... confusion
  • Prion diseases ... confusion
  • Problem Sleepiness ... slow response
  • Psychiatric disorders ... Confusion
  • Psychological disorders ... Confusion
  • Pyridoxine deficiency ... confusion

    Q

  • Q fever ... confusion

    R

  • Rabies ... confusion, delirium
  • Respiratory acidosis ... confusion
  • Respiratory alkalosis ... confusion
  • Reye's Syndrome ... confusion, delirium
  • Rib Tumor ... confusion
  • Right hemisphere syndrome ... confusion
  • Right parietal lobe syndrome related Alzheimer's disease ... Confusion
  • Ritalin overdose ... confusion
  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever ... confusion, delirium

    S

  • Schizoaffective disorder ... Confusion, Delirium
  • Secondary Bone Cancer ... confusion
  • Selective Vitamin B12 malabsorption with Proteinuria ... confusion
  • Sepsis ... Confusion
  • Serotonin Syndrome ... delirium
  • Serotoninergic syndrome ... confusion
  • Shock ... confusion
  • Shock, Cardiogenic ... confusion
  • Shock, Distributive ... confusion
  • Shock, Endocrine ... confusion
  • Shock, Hemorrhagic ... confusion
  • Shock, Hypovolaemic ... confusion
  • Shock, Neurogenic ... confusion
  • Shock, Obstructive ... confusion
  • Shock, Septic ... confusion
  • Shock, Traumatic ... confusion
  • SIADH ... confusion
  • Sick sinus syndrome ... confusion
  • Sleeping pill addiction ... confusion
  • Slowly Progressive Bokhoror ... confusion
  • Slowly Progressive VE ... confusion
  • Slowly Progressive Viliuisk Encephalitis ... confusion
  • Slowly Progressive Viliuisk Encephalomyelitis ... confusion
  • Slowly Progressive Vilyuisk Encephalitis ... confusion
  • Slowly Progressive Vilyuisk Encephalomyelitis ... confusion
  • Snake bite ... Confusion
  • Spleen conditions ... Confusion
  • Stachybotrys chartarum ... confusion
  • Staphylococcal infection ... Confusion
  • Streptococcal Group A invasive disease ... confusion
  • Streptococcal Group B invasive disease ... confusion
  • Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome ... confusion
  • Stroke ... confusion
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage ... confusion
  • Subdural hematoma ... confusion
  • Sundown syndrome ... confusion
  • Surgical foreign body ... Confusion
  • Syphilitic aseptic meningitis ... Confusion

    T

  • Texas Mescalbean poisoning ... delirium
  • Thallium poisoning ... Delirium
  • Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, acquired ... confusion
  • Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, congenital ... confusion
  • Tick-borne encephalitis ... confusion
  • Timme syndrome ... confusion
  • Togaviridae disease ... confusion
  • Tolterodine toxicity ... confusion, delirium
  • Toxemia ... Confusion
  • Toxic mushrooms - Anticholinergic ... delirium
  • Toxic mushrooms - Monomethylhydrazine ... delirium
  • Toxic Shock Syndrome ... confusion
  • Toxoplasmosis ... confusion
  • Tramadol toxicity ... confusion
  • Tranquilizer addiction ... confusion
  • Transient Ischemic Attack ... confusion
  • Traumatic Brain Injury ... confusion
  • Traumatic spreading depression syndrome ... confusion
  • Trypanosomiasis, east-African ... confusion
  • Typhoid fever ... delirium

    U

  • Unconsciousness ... unresponsiveness
  • Urea Cycle Disorders ... Delirium

    V

  • Vancomycin resistant enterococcal bacteremia ... Delirium, Confusion
  • Venezuelan equine encephalitis ... confusion
  • Vicodin overdose ... unresponsiveness
  • Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers ... Delirium
  • Viral meningitis ... alertness changes, confusion

    W

  • Water Intoxication ... confusion
  • Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome ... Confusion
  • WDHA syndrome ... confusion
  • Weil's syndrome ... confusion
  • Wernicke's encephalopathy ... confusion
  • Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome ... confusion
  • West African Trypanosomiasis ... Progressive confusion
  • Western equine encephalitis ... confusion
  • White snakeroot poisoning ... delirium

    X

  • Xanax overdose ... confusion

    Y

  • Yellow fever ... confusion, delirium

    Z

  • Zerres Rietschel Majewski syndrome ... Confusion
  • Zlotogora syndrome ... Confusion

    Conditions listing medical complications: Confusion:

    The following list of medical conditions have 'Confusion' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Alcohol Withdrawal ... delirium tremens, delirium
  • Anoxia ... Mental confusion

    B

  • Bing-Neel syndrome ... delirium
  • Bubonic plague ... delirium

    C

  • Cirrhosis of the liver ... unresponsiveness

    G

  • Gangrene ... delirium
  • Gastroenteritis ... delirium

    H

  • Hyperparathyroidism ... delirium
  • Hypophosphatemia ... delirium

    S

  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage ... confusion

    T

  • Typhoid fever ... Confusion, delirium

    V

  • Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers ... delirium

    Y

  • Yellow fever ... delirium

    More Information About Confusion

    List of 725 causes of Confusion

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Confusion in our database from various sources.

    Drug side effect causes of Confusion

    The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Confusion as a side effect.

    [See detailed list of 1046 drug side effect causes of Confusion]

    Drug interaction causes of Confusion:

    Drug interactions may be a possible cause of Confusion.

    • Dymelor and alcohol interaction
    • Diabinese and alcohol interaction
    • Amaryl and alcohol interaction
    • Glucotrol and alcohol interaction
    • Glucotrol XL and alcohol interaction
    [See detailed list of 1771 drug interaction causes of Confusion]

    Medical Textbooks about Confusion

    Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Confusion. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Confusion (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

    Medical Books Excerpts
    • DELIRIUM
    • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
    • DEMENTIA
    • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
    • Delirium
    • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
    • DELIRIUM
    • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
    • Agitation
    • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
    • Confusion
    • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
    • Dementia*
    • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
    • Agitation
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
    • Confusion
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
    • Delirium
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
    • Dementia
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
    • Confusion
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
    • Dementia
    • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis" (2007)
    • Agitation
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
    • Confusion
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
    • Agitation
    • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
    • Confusion
    • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
    • DELIRIUM
    • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
     

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