Confusion causes

Overview

List of all conditions which cause confusion.

Causes

(By organ system)

Cardiovascular	Aorta-pulmonary artery fistula , Postoperative haemorrhage , Shock , Sick sinus syndrome
Chemical / poisoning	24-Dinitrotoluene , 44-Methylenebis , 4-Aminopyridine , Acetylsalicylic Acid , Acrylamide , Acute Pesticide poisoning, Adiponitrile , Aldicarb , Aniline , Azinphos-methyl , Baneberry poisoning , Boric Acid , Box thorn poisoning , Bromethalin , Bromide , Bromophos , Butyl Alcohol , Camphor , Carbaryl , Carbon Tetrachloride , Chicken soup poisoning , Chlordane , Chloromethane , Chlorpyrifos , Christmas Cherry poisoning , Cocaine abuse , Cocaine addiction , Corn Lily poisoning , Coumaphos , Crack addiction , Cresols , Cresylic acid , Cyanogenic glycoside , Cyclohexanone , Daphne poisoning , DDD , DDT , Demeton-S-methyl , Devil's trumpet poisoning , Diazinon , Dibromochloromethane , Dichlorvos , Dicrotophos , Dieldrin , Diethylene Glycol , Digitalis glycoside, Dinitrocresol , Dioxathion , Disulfiram , Disulfoton , Ecstasy addiction , Endosulfan , Ethion , Ethylene Glycol Dinitrate , Fensulfothion , Fenthion , Foxglove poisoning , Gasoline , Glaze , Glycol Ether , Heroin dependence , High Melting Explosive (HMX) , Hydrazine , Hydroquinone, Hydroquinone , Isofenphos , Jet Fuel-4 , Jet Fuel-5 , Jimsonweed (Daturastramonium), Kentucky coffee tea poisoning , Kerosene , King Cobra poisoning , Lead poisoning , Lobeline, Lysergic Acid Diethylamide , Malathion , Marijuana abuse , Mercury poisoning, Methidathion , Methiocarb , Methomyl , Metobromuron , Monkshood poisoning , Morphine toxicity , Mustard tree poisoning , Naphthalene , Narcotic addiction , Nickel Carbonyl , Nitrobenzene , Nitroglycerin , Nitrophenol , Nitrophenol Urea , NN-Dimethyl-P-Toluidine , Oil-based paint , Oleander poisoning , Opioid toxicity , Oxycodone addiction , Parathion , Phencyclidine , Phosdrin , Phosphine , potato(Solanumtuberosum), Profenofos , Propane , Propoxur , Propylene Glycol Dinitrate , Snake bite , Terbufos , Tetrachloroethane , Tetraethyl Pyrophosphate , Thallium , Thallium poisoning , Thallium Sulfate , Thiram , Toluene , Trichlorfon , Zolpidem withdrawal
Dermatologic	No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect	Anticholinergic syndrome , Colchicine toxicity , Cope's syndrome , Dextromethorphan toxicity , Fentanyl toxicity , Impramine toxicity , Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome , Phenytoin toxicity , Propanol , Serotonin Syndrome , Tolterodine toxicity , Tramadol toxicity
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	Adrenal crisis , Cushing syndrome , Hashimoto's encephalitis , Hyperinsulinism, Hyperparathyroidism , Insulinoma , SIADH , WDHA syndrome
Environmental	Dysbarism , High altitude cerebral edema
Gastroenterologic	Cirrhosis of the liver, Crigler-Najjar syndrome type 1 , End Stage Liver Failure , Liver failure
Genetic	Congenital hepatic porphyria , Congenital nonhemolytic jaundice
Hematologic	Bing-Neel syndrome , Leukemia , Multiple Myeloma , Plasma cell leukemia, Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Iatrogenic	Hyperbaric oxygen
Infectious Disease	Acanthamoeba infection , Actinomycetales infection , Acute Bokhoror , Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis , African Sleeping sickness , Bolivian hemorrhagic fever , Brill-Zinsser disease , Bubonic plague , Cryptococcal Meningitis , Cryptococcosis , Cysticercosis , Ehrlichiosis , Epidemic typhus , Flea-borne diseases , Fungal meningitis , Granulomatous amebic encephalitis , HIV/AIDS , Legionnaires' disease , Listeriosis , Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis , Lysteria monocytoigeneses meningitis , Machupo virus , Malaria , Marburg virus , Measles Encephalitis , Melioidosis , Meningitis , Meningococcal disease , Naegleria , Neurocysticercosis , Neurosyphilis , Nipah virus encephalitis , Nocardiosis , Paratyphoid fever , Pediatric AIDS , Postoperative septicaemia , Primary amebic meningoencephalitis , Rabies , Rocky Mountain spotted fever , Tick-borne encephalitis , Toxemia , Toxic Shock Syndrome , Toxoplasmosis , Trypanosomiasis , Yellow fever
Musculoskeletal / Ortho	No underlying causes
Neurologic	No underlying causes
Nutritional / Metabolic	No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic	No underlying causes
Oncologic	No underlying causes
Opthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose / Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	No underlying causes
Renal / Electrolyte	No underlying causes
Rheum / Immune / Allergy	No underlying causes
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	No underlying causes
Dental	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	No underlying causes