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Delirium is in medicine, a state of acute
confusion in which the subject is incoherent,
frenzied, and out of touch with reality.
It is often accompanied by delusions or
hallucinations. Delirium may occur in
feverish illness, some forms of mental
illness, brain disease, and as a result of
drug or alcohol intoxication. In chronic
alcoholism, attacks of delirium tremens
(DTs), marked by hallucinations, sweating,
trembling, and anxiety, and may persist for
several days.
Subject by: Darren Wells