Causes of Memory Loss

There are many causes for memory loss.^[6] Here are some of them:

Aging
Alcoholism
Alzheimer's disease
Brain damage due to disease or injury
Brain growths caused by tumors or infection
Depression or emotional trauma
Drugs such as barbiturates or benzodiazepines
Electroconvulsive therapy, especially if it is long-term
Encephalitis (swelling in the brain) of any type including that caused by herpes, West Nile, or Eastern Equine encephalitis
General anesthetics
Head trauma or injury
Hysteria, often accompanied by confusion
Illness that causes loss of brain cells or degenerative brain disease
Nutritional problems including vitamin deficiencies such as low B12
Seizures
Stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Temporal lobe brain surgery

Publish Date:

Saturday, August 1, 2009