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its a chemical inbalance that doesnt let oxygen flow right to the areas that it needs to pretty much in elderly people this happends alot the lost memory, they sometimes dont remember names but they could at times recognize voices i work in a nursing home n i see alot of this situations they could remember one day the next u dont even exist i just hope that god helps the same way i help them

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