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Article #104: What Is Amnesia?

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Amnesia is a condition which can define * Head injury
by the loss of memory which can last for * Severe illness
two hours or sometimes two months or * High fever
more. This loss of memory can be due to * Seizures
some disturbing, appalling, psychological * Emotional shock or hysteria
experience or brain injury or emotional * Alcohol-related brain damage
chain of events. There are different * Drugs
reasons and causes of amnesia such as * Stroke
organic or functional. Organic amnesia is * Alzheimer's disease
caused due to damage to your brain by * Brain surgery
external factors which can be due to The common factor in all the above causes
physical reasons like trauma or disease. is that it has affected the brain in some
Functional amnesia is due to or the other manner. As there is damage
psychological factors. to the brain cells and deterioration of
There are different types of Amnesia cells causes the loss of memory. Brain
Anterograde amnesia - In this kind of injury can happen due to some berserk car
amnesia the patient loses all its senses accident or due to some fall or a blow on
and is far away from remembering the your head. Alzheimer sufferers are the
current events after the trauma or worst hit with memory loss as it is the
disease affected the patient. first thing which the disease hits upon.
Emotional/hysterical amnesia - This can Firstly they would loose memory on the
be said as the temporary condition which current events and later in the advanced
wont be lasting for a long time and is stages of Alzheimer the long term memory
basically caused by psychological trauma. is affected.
Lacunar amnesia - This state of amnesia Amnesia can be prevented when all kind of
creates a blockage in your mind for a brain damages are avoided and prevented.
specific event. This would mean all the common sense
Korsakoff syndrome - This is caused due precautions should be taken which would
to the constant intake of alcohol and can lead to damage to your brain such as
also be said as the state of alcoholism. wearing helmet, using seat belt as well
Posthypnotic amnesia - This kind of as avoiding the use of alcohol and drugs.
amnesia is due to the prolonged hypnotic A healthy and fit body will have less of
state which keeps your mind unfit to damages due to strokes or seizures which
remember the events which happened during occur due to the blockages in your heart.
hypnosis as well as information have been This happens due to improper diet and
part of your long-term memory. your body being treated as a junkyard of
Retrograde amnesia - It is a sequence of junk food.
loss events which took place before the Treatment of amnesia depends upon the
onset of trauma or disease causing cause of amnesia and on that basis
amnesia. diagnosis is done. If it is a brain
Transient global amnesia - This kind of injury due to some physical causes like
amnesia occurs to people who are accident or fall then it has to be
middle-aged or elderly and it is short treated immediately by the doctor.
term memory loss lasting for few minutes. Emotional trauma can be cured or helped
Causes of Amnesia through psychotherapy. Hypnosis has
There are many reasons which can be the played an active role in getting people's
cause of amnesia and these are some of memory back. Medicines have been an
them important factor in helping people out.






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