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Article #61: What Is Amnesia?

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






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