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What causes delusion after  drinking kerosene?
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my mother accidentaly drank some kerosine. she is diabetic...the next day..she went diilusional for about 5 minutes. the ambulance said her blood sugar had dropped to 40..since then within the last 2 weeks she has had 3 more of these dillusional episodes..this did not start happening until she drank the kerosine..what happening.what should we do.
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Hello, thanks for the query. Can you elaborate what exactly you mean by use of term delusional? Is your mother still in hospital or discharged? Based on my impression; Your mother is suffering from a condition known as delirium which has occurred in her case due to fluid-electrolyte imbalance/hepatic damage/blood dyscrasis (in simple terms, some changes in body's balance/homeostasis). Delirium is characterized by altered sleep-wake schedule, intermittent bouts of suspiciousness, ill formed delusions, hallucinations, impaired activity or overt aggression alternating with periods of normalcy (known as lucid interval). Treatment of delirium is diagnose & treat underlying cause; hence get her to a hospital immediately & request doctor to assess her for delirium using a simple tool known as mini mental state examination (MMSE). She will get better soon. Good Luck