Dan was visiting his folks for Christmas and having a grand time.Suddenly, in the middle of singing a Christmas carol, his dad seemed to change abruptly.His speech started slurring, and he lost control of the right side of his body.He seemed very confused, although this came and went, and at some moments he seemed completely alert and aware.After some testing at the emergency room, Dan and his mom were informed that his dad had

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The sudden onset of slurred speech and loss of control of one side of the body indicate a potential stroke. Confusion and fluctuation in awareness can also be symptoms of a stroke. Alzheimer's disease and Pick's disease are degenerative neurological disorders that do not typically present with sudden onset symptoms. Korsakoff's syndrome is a type of dementia caused by a deficiency in thiamine (Vitamin B1) commonly seen in alcoholics, but it would not explain the sudden onset of symptoms in this case.

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