Memory Loss
Memory loss or amnesia is unusual forgetfulness. The patient might not be able to recall new events or the bits from the past or both. The memory loss may be present for a short period of time and then resolve (transient) or it may not go away at all. It depends on the cause, it can get worse with time.
- Brain tumor
- Cancer treatment
- Concussion or head trauma
- Brain infection or infection around the brain
- Major surgery or severe illness
- Transient global amnesia
- Transient ischemic attack
- Hydrocephalus
- Multiple sclerosis
- Dementia
- Alcohol or drug use
- Keep lists
- Follow a routine
- Make associations of things
- Maintain a calendar
- Put important things only in the same places
- Repeat names when you meet new people
- Keep your mind and body busy
- Run through the ABCs in your head
- Trouble learning new things
- Forgetting routine activities
- Forgetting much more than usual
- Trouble handling money
- Repeating stories or phrases