Korsakoff syndrome

Korsakoff’sSyndrome also known as Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome it is due to prolonged thiamine deficiency in the brain. This mostly occurs in people who are chronic alcohol abusers. Because they do not take the adequate amount of vitamins and don’t have a healthy diet. Because the brain needs vitamin B1 and doesn’t receive it this causes the loss or shrinkage of the neurons throughout the brain.  A distinctive symptom of this disease is Confabulation is when patients with Korskoff’s fill in the gaps of their memories with guesses.  This tendency may reflect the patient’s attempt to maintain pleasant emotions. People with korsakoff’s learn word sentences better than a person who doesn’t have it because they remember their confabulation instead of the correct answer.