Injuries around the head, either from impact or stroke and brain infection is a major cause amnesia or memory loss. In addition to neurological amnesia, another term often used to refer to this one type of amnesia is organic amnesia.
Types of neurological injury that triggered the amnesia is very diverse, as quoted by the Mayo Clinic, Monday (12/12/2011).
1. Stroke
2. Encephalitis
The trigger also beramacam-kind, could be due to viruses such as herpes or autoimmune reactions, especially in cancer patients.
3. Less oxygen
It usually occurs in patients with heart attacks, respiratory disorders and motor vehicle fumes poisoning.
4. Overdose of alcohol
Excessive alcohol consumption can interfere with absorption of vitamin B-1 (thiamin) and trigger Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is characterized by symptoms of dementia.
5. Brain tumors
The growth of tissue in the brain can trigger amnesia, if bump the memory center of the tumor is pressing.
6. Deterioration of brain function
Or senile dementia, Alzheimer's and the like is the impact of the aging process which triggers the deterioration of brain function. Amnesisa merupoakan one of the symptoms.
7. Seizures or epilepsy
8. Electric shock
The electrical current supplied to the brain can cause some memory or memories erased. An electric discharge procedure called electroshock therapy is widely used to cope with mental disorders.
9. Influence of drugs
Side effects of some drugs can trigger amnesia, such as benzodiazepines.
Physical impact to the head, for example when the accident occurred often make people hard to remember the new information, especially in times of healing. Even so, accidents involving collision on the head it is rarely triggered heavy amnesia.
Meanwhile, the next higher type of amnesia is rarely found or psychogenic amnesia called dissociative amnesia. This type of amnesia is triggered by psychological factors, particularly stress or psychological trauma to victims of such violence.
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