Various Memory Loss Diseases

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Memory loss is not an entirely new phenomenon but not many people are aware of the alarming rate at which the number of people suffering from memory loss related diseases is increasing! Such diseases include, Dementia, Alzheimer’s disease or also known as senile dementia and amnesia. Though they may seem little, but in fact, these three main diseases themselves can branch out into numerous different kinds of different classifications, for example dementia can be categorized into, senile dementia, vascular dementia, chronic or reversible dementia. This article will shed light upon some of the more common memory loss diseases.

Dementia
Dementia can cause our brain to gradually degenerate, robbing a person of their mental faculties and causing a person to be mentally inept in doing even the simplest of tasks. Dementia may also cause erratic behavioural and personality changes. Vascular dementia which represents the malformation of the blood vessels, when it becomes severe, can result in stroke or sudden memory loss. While the latter does not occur all the time, however, as vascular dementia develops over time, memory loss would be inevitable. Tobacco is also another contributor to vascular dementia. Tobacco causes blood flow to the brain to be slowed down and thus increasing overall blood pressure and the chances of getting a stroke, which eventually would lead to vascular dementia.

Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease, or also known as senile dementia, is a common condition that is often associated with the aged. It is also one of the most common causes of memory loss and can be categorized into various degrees of memory loss, which depends on the stage the disease is in. During the early stages, memory loss is already evident as a person would find themselves forgetting names and at later stages, associations and even identities would have been forgotten! The reason that Alzheimer’s is often associated with the elderly is because it often occurs to people over the age of 60.

Amnesia
Amnesia though not really termed as a disease by itself, is often associated with other memory loss diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Knowing the symptoms and signs of amnesia can no doubt help us identify if we may be suffering from any other kind of memory loss diseases. Amnesia can come in the form of forgetfulness or memory lapses, where you cannot remember the conversation you just had or you forgot what you wanted to do when you enter your room. Chronic amnesia on the other hand may cause a person’s mind to totally erase their personality or their identity, causing them to forget who they are. This results in personality changes for the worse and in most cases, such people drop into low-self esteem and long term depression due to their degenerative condition.

Memory loss is as scary as it sounds but there are ways to prevent it from happening to you. Continue doing ongoing research on how to protect yourself from being a victim of memory loss, either from your doctors or from medical books in the library.

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