Various Memory Loss Diseases

alzheimer’s disease

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. Although the number of diseases seem insignficantly small, these three main diseases themselves can branch out into numerous other classifications, for example dementia can be categorized into, senile dementia, vascular dementia, chronic or reversible dementia. In this article, we would seek to identify some more common kinds of memory loss diseases.

Dementia
Dementia can cause our brain to degrade and loss its memory causing a person to find a simple task almost impossible to accomplish. Personality changes and behavior are also common as people with dementia are more prone to being irritated and easily get aggressive. 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 the disease develops over time, the sad but inevitable fact is that memory loss would be a sure thing. Tobacco is also a culprit contributing to vascular dementia. Tobacco impedes blood flow to the brain and thus increasing overall blood pressure and the chances of getting a stroke, which inevitably leads to vascular dementia.

Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease, or also known as senile dementia, is a common condition amongst the elderly. 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 would already be evident as a patient begins to lose names and at later stages, associations and even identities would have been forgotten! Alzheimer’s is related to age as it often occur to the people above 60 years of age.

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. Recognizing the symptoms and signs of amnesia can no doubt help us determine if we are vulnerable to other mentally degenerative 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 may sound intimidating at first, but there are preventive measures that you can take 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 even reliable medical sources from the internet.