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AMNESIA dementia
!) means:loss of memories. !) means:loss of mental functions.
2) types:neurological\organic amnesia & 2) types: lewy body dementia,
psychogenic\dissociative amnesia. vascular dementia.
3) causes: damage to limbic system of brain, 3)causes:stroke,toxic reactions to
which regulates memory. drugs & alcohol.
4) symptoms:impaired ability to learn & 4)symptoms:memory loss,
remember. madness.
5) no specific treatment. 5)treatment of medications such
as Aricept,Exelon,Razadyne &
Namenda.
Holden Romaguera
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What type of amnesia is seen most often in people with senile dementia?
Amnesia and dementia are two different diseases. While amnesia is more often than not, temporary, dementia is a long term disease that progressively worsens.
What is the differences between depression and dementia?
what is the difference between depression and dementia
People with dementia typically have a memory problem known as?
anterograde amnesia
What is it called when when your old and lose your memory?
In general this is called amnesia and someone who has amnesia is called an amnesiac. Another more 'scientific' term is dementia which covers not just loss of memory but a diminished intellectual ability.
What is the difference between dementia and senility?
Senility is an old word for dementia. Only old people can be senile, but anyone can have dementia from brain damage.
What do you call Loss of memory?
In general Memory loss is referred to as Amnesia, is an abnormal degree of forgetfulness and/or inability to recall past events.
What ailment is discribed as the loss of ones memory?
Amnesia, but Dementia and Alzheimer's also cause loss of memory.
What is the explanation for the difference between dementia and derium?
Delirium is a medical state of confusion that happens over a short time period. Dementia is memory loss that evolves over a longer time period.
What neurological disorder causes forgetfulness?
The most common ones are dementia and Alzheimer's. Amnesia is another but it is often caused by actual brain trauma such as a head injury.
What has the author Julia Margaret Townshend written?
Julia Margaret Townshend has written: 'A study of implicit memory and temporal gradients in retrograde amnesia and semantic dementia'
What's the difference between alzheimers and amnesia?
Amnesia is when a person forgets many details about their former life (eg. name, people they knew etc.) due to trauma to the head. Alzheimer's is the slow degrading of the brain due to aging and genetic disorders.
What is conjunctive behavioral disorder?
Cognitive behavioral disorders are mental health disorders that affect cognitive skills like learning and memory. These are disorders such as dementia , amnesia and delirium.
