Definition
The loss of memories consists in the impossibility of remembering experiences acquired in the past, recent or remote.
The causes that can cause this disorder are different and include traumas and brain injuries, neurological diseases and psychiatric disorders. The loss of memories can be total or partial, transient (with a gradual return to normal functionality) or permanent (following serious cerebral morbid events or in the presence of degenerative neuropathies).
A head injury can cause a loss of memories of variable duration, depending on the severity of the injury suffered.
Vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease are characterized by increasing cognitive impairment; the loss of memories and memory deficits are of primary importance in these contexts, as they often represent the onset symptoms.
Other diseases that are associated with the loss of memories are epilepsy, encephalitis, stroke, thiamine deficiency in alcoholism and carbon monoxide intoxication.
A loss of transient memories can also be caused by migraine crises and the use of consistent doses of sedatives, barbiturates or benzodiazepines.
Possible Causes * of Loss of Memories
- Anxiety
- Vascular dementia
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Migraine
- Stroke
- Carbon monoxide intoxication
- Cerebral ischemia
- Huntington's disease
- Alzheimer's disease
- Nephritis
- Korsakoff psychosis
