Forgetfulness

avi helps you with forgetfulness

Forgetfulness means a Long-term or short-term memory disorder, which affects millions of people in this country. In the Rule harmless, but can forgetfulness also Symptom of a serious illness his — such as Alzheimer's. So start Start treatment as early as possible Your forgetfulness. Our experienced doctors Accompany you on all of our locations.

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What is forgetfulness?

Forgetfulness, medically also known as “Amnesia” known, has numerous forms. These are:

• Anterograde amnesia. Affected people are unable to generate new memories since an event in the past
• Retrograde amnesia. Affected people no longer remember things that happened before an event in the past
• Global amnesia. Affected people suffer from both anterograde and retrograde disorders
• ecmnesia. Affected parties schedule events incorrectly
• Catathymic amnesia. Affected people forget details of an event
• Dissociative amnesia. As a result of psychological or physical trauma, those affected lose the memory of a specific event (such as a traffic accident)

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From when is it forgetfulness?

The most important question in light of persistent forgetfulness: Is the disorder harmless or pathological? Effective for a reliable diagnosis are memory tests, take into account the level of education and age of patients.

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What are the causes of forgetfulness?

To the most common triggers of forgetfulness Count:

• traumatic brain injury
• diseases that affect the blood supply to the brain (such as stroke)
• Inflammatory brain diseases (such as multiple sclerosis, herpes and measles diseases)
• poisoning (e.g. due to alcohol or drugs)
• diseases associated with neuroatrophy (such as Alzheimer's dementia or Parkinson's disease)
• certain types of epilepsy
• vitamin or mineral deficiencies
• psychological stress

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What are the possible symptoms of forgetfulness?

To the typical symptoms of forgetfulness Count:

• The inability to remember specific periods of time, events, or details
• the inability to correctly time events. Affected people experience the past as present

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Treatment of forgetfulness in avi

Den first step of comprehensive treatment Your forgetfulness forms diagnosis. For us from avi, this includes:

• the exclusion of serious physical illnesses (by preparing an anamnesis and physical examinations)

The following targeted treatment varies depending on the cause of forgetfulness. It can therefore both Memory Retention Training as well medicamentous and non-pharmacological measures (such as exercise therapy).

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