Various Memory Loss Diseases

Memory loss is not new to use in many ways but not many people know the alarming rate at which the number of people suffering from memory loss related diseases is increasing at! 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, such as 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 alterations 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 overtime, 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. At the first few stages, memory loss is already evident as a person would find themselves forgetting names and at later stages, patients would start forgetting family members altogether! 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. 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. More severe cases of amnesia 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 sickness.

Memory loss is as scary as it sounds but there are ways to prevent it from happening to you. Continue to search for more information 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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