Other names: temporal disorientation
Temporal disorientation is a sign of certain disorders of consciousness, which may take the patient in connection with injury, stroke (stroke), poisoning, metabolic disorders, ingestion of large quantities of alcohol, infections, cancer and other diseases affecting the brain (or the disease soon affecting other body and subsequently the brain).
Such disorientation is easy to see when a patient ask if he knew what day it is today, or at least what year is this, how old he is, he was born like. If you help him and give him a few options, often determines the right , but you would need to be remembered.
Disorientation (either for time, place or person) can be short-term (usually immediately after trauma, poisoning, after alcohol etc.), It is desirable to distract the patient to the doctor, or long-term (e.g. after a certain stroke), when the such a patient needs someone to care for life (family, health care facilities).
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