Amnesia
Amnesia
Amnesia defined as the loss of information facts and memory. It is also called an amnestic syndrome. People with amnesia have difficulty in learning process and trouble at working. It is caused by damage in the brain memory area.
Symptoms
Signs and symptoms of amnesia include:
- Trouble in learning new information
- Difficulty remembering previous events of life
- Confusion
- Disorient personality
- Making false memories
Causes
Any damage to the part of the brain which involves the memory-making function causes amnesia. Causes of neurological amnesia include:
- Inflammation to the brain
- Stroke
- Ischemic injury to brain
- Alcohol abuse
- Tumors in brain
- Seizures
- Alzheimer’s diseaese
Complications
Complications depends on the severity of symptoms. Most often it causes difficulty at work, school and in social activities.
Diagnosis
Your doctor will take a medical history to rule out the other conditions of memory loss like alzheimer’s disease. Question in history include:
- Onset of memory loss
- Duration of memory loss
- Triggering factors
- Family history
- Drug abuse
- Seizures history
Diagnostic tests include:
- Imaging test to check any tumor and mass growth in brain
- Blood tests to rule out any infectious cause of amnesia
Treatment
Aim of treatment is to make the quality of life better. Following options of treatments are available:
- Use of technology to retain the memory and work related information
- Occupational therapy to learn new things and understand things easily
- Medications like vitamins to make nutrition status better