The following symptoms and complaints may occur together with acute confusion:
Leading symptom
- Acute confusion
Associated symptoms
- Fever
- General feeling of illness
- Cyanosis – bluish discoloration of the skin/mucous membrane due to lack of oxygen.
- Tachypnea – accelerated breathing.
- Ketone odor of exhaled air
- Neurological symptomatology such as paralysis symptoms
Notes
- Always measure glucose (blood sugar) in acute states of confusion.
- Also think about possible carbon monoxide poisoning if other people in the environment have also shown symptoms.