Amnesia is a recent or old memory loss, which can occur in whole or in part.Amnesia can last a few minutes or hours and go away without treatment or cause permanent memory loss.
Existing types of amnesia are:
- Alcoholics and malnourished people may have an unusual form of amnesia due to a lack of vitamin B1.
- Known as Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.
- Which is a combination of acute mental confusion and longer amnesia.
- Which tend to show unstable gait.
- Paralysis of eye movements.
- Double vision.
- Mental confusion and drowsiness.
- Memory loss in these cases is severe.
The main causes of amnesia are
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Treatment of amnesia will depend on the cause and severity, in most cases psychological counseling and cognitive rehabilitation is indicated so that the patient learns to manage memory loss and stimulates other types of memory to compensate for what is lost.
Treatment also aims to help the patient develop strategies to live with memory loss, especially in case of permanent loss.
Amnesia can be cured in cases of transient or partial loss, without permanent brain injury, but in a serious brain injury, memory loss can be permanent.
In both cases psychological treatment and cognitive rehabilitation can be performed, where the patient will learn to live with the new reality and develop strategies to stimulate the remaining memory, compensating for what is lost.
Anusgrade amnesia can be prevented or minimized, thanks to certain preventive measures, such as:
In case of head trauma, brain infections, strokes or aneurysms, the patient should be immediately referred to the hospital emergency department for the proper treatment of brain damage.