Symptom
Decreased consciousness
Reduced wakefulness, awareness of self and environment, and responsiveness to external stimuli, ranging from lethargy and obtundation to stupor and coma.
Causes
Neurologic events: Stroke, seizure, traumatic brain injury
Metabolic disorders: Hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, dehydration, hyponatremia
Circulatory problems: Vasovagal syncope, arrhythmia
Substances: Opioids, alcohol, anxiolytics
Infections: Sepsis, meningitis, encephalitis
Environmental factors: Heat stroke, hypothermia, hypoxia
Also known as: Coma, Drowsiness, Obtundation, Sleepy, Somnolence, Stupor
Referencing diagnoses
- Acute liver failure
- Amniotic fluid embolism
- Aortic dissection
- Asthma
- Brain abscess
- Cardiac tamponade
- Cholangitis
- COPD
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Encephalitis
- Epidural hematoma
- Epiglottitis
- Epilepsy
- Esophageal varices
- Fat embolism syndrome
- Febrile seizure
- Henoch-Schönlein purpura
- Hepatic encephalopathy
- Herpes simplex
- Hypopituitarism
- Intracerebral hemorrhage
- Intussusception
- Meningitis
- Pneumonia
- Pneumothorax
- Portal hypertension
- Preeclampsia
- Pulmonary embolism
- Renal failure
- Respiratory acidosis
- Respiratory alkalosis
- Ruptured aortic aneurysm
- Shock
- Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
- Stroke
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Subdural hematoma
- Thyrotoxicosis
- Tuberculosis
- Viral hepatitis
- Vitamin B12 deficiency
- Whipple's disease
Note: Lists existing diagnoses in Diagnotize only.