Memory Loss or Amnesia

Memory Loss or Amnesia

What is amnesia(Memory Loss)?      

Amnesia is the condition of a person's memory loss, it may be the information and circumstances that make up a person, as well as the identities of the people around them. Although shows often show that no one even remembers one's own information, even their own name, in reality, amnesia does not affect one's identity. The memory loss  may be permanent or temporary.

                                       

People with amnesia, due to memory problems, often find it difficult to learn new information, and to add new memories. In other words, most new life events will not remain in the mind and will be forgotten.

What is the cause of amnesia?

Any accident, discomfort or illness that affects the head and damages the part of the brain responsible for processing the memory can cause memory loss or amnesia. Amnesia that causes brain damage is called neurological amnesia. Here are some of the possible causes of neurological amnesia:

• Inflammation of the brain or encephalitis, possibly due to infection
• Stroke
• Lack of oxygen in the brain
• Alcohol abuse
• The presence of a tumor in the brain
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Taking the drug benzodiazepines
• A head injury that causes blood clotting in the brain

Aside from the aforementioned, there can also be amnesia from severe emotional trauma such as witnessing a serious crime or being a victim themselves. This is called dissociative amnesia .

 What are the symptoms of amnesia?

People with amnesia may have trouble remembering the past, or may have trouble keeping new information in mind. Most common is the frequency of forgetting past life events. Youth events may still be remembered but not events of the past year. There is also a lot of confusion about things or disorientation.

Who can have amnesia?

Everyone can have amnesia but the likelihood of having it is highest among those who undergo head surgery, who have suffered a stroke, as well as those who are addicted to alcohol.

How to find out amnesia?

The presence of amnesia is determined by the doctor's evaluation of memory function. Can conduct interviews about memories. This can determine the cause of memory loss, the extent to which the memory is affected, and so on. It can also study the reflexes or ability of the brain to respond to things. In addition, the brain can also undergo MRI and CT Scans to determine if there is a problem.

What is the cure for amnesia?

To date there is no remedy for memory loss. The only cure that can be made in the presence of amnesia is therapies that help strengthen the rest of the memory and boost the absorption of new information. An occupational therapist can assist a patient with amnesia. Recording events can also help keep the brain from remembering events.