Monday, September 08, 2008

Amnesia-what is it?

by: Adeyera sanya

Amnesia is a disorder of brain that affects the remembering aspect of once memory. It is caused by severe head injury or through intake of toxic substance that affects the brain.The disease can also affect those who suffer from paralysis or heart stroke. Those who suffer from Amnesia have a tough time remembering previously learnt information such as their name or language.

Amnesia victims never remember their past or anything associated with it such as people, place etc. They are often seemed to be feeling confused or disoriented. This disease unlike Alzheimer can occur at any age. And thus can lead to a partial or full Amnesia disorder. In few cases patients are never left unsupervised as they may harm themselves. If the person remembers recent events then it is partial amnesia.

Another factor that is very important to the disease besides partial and full is the term of Amnesia as in whether it is temporary or permanent.

Another form of Amnesia is psychological Amnesia where someone takes on a new life for a few months or days and once the anxiety induced amnesia attack is over no memory remains of that period.Amnesia patients not only lose their memory but also the ability to generate any memory in the time span of disease. The recovery process involves remembering the previous or past memory before the most recent memories. Most of amnesic patients recover on their own not requiring much medical interference. Change of work and activity can bring along a good change along with family therapy. Hypnosis also acts as a great tool to bring back the memory of the patient.

Support of caregiver is very important for person suffering from Amnesia though references from past can help them recover soon But if those references are disturbing to them then one should restrain from discussing them in their presence. Generally such cases are people who have been through some kind of mental shock or agony. Such as accident victims, trauma patients or those who had to deal with a sudden death of some one close.
http://www.usefulmemoryimprovementguide.com/amnesia-disease-what-is-it

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An economist, businessman, who is passionate about helping people to improve their memory.

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