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Delirium tremens (DTs)

A distinct neurologic disorder suffered by late-inthe-game alcoholics, characterised by sensory confusion (is it red or sour, hot or loud, smelly or wet, am I thinking or screaming); part of the problem is the result of diminished myelination of nerves and decreased brain antioxidant insulation (cholesterol), with nerve impulses "shorting out" across temporary synapses. It sounds ugly.

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