What is Amnesia?
7. Brain Damage
One of the most common causes of amnesia is damage to the patient’s brain. More specifically, it is usually damage to the hippo campus that will result in amnesia. Damage here will tend to lead to anterograde amnesia specifically. There are a number of factors that can result in the type of damage that can result in amnesia.
These include head traumas, stroke, infections, and tumors. Anoxia, which means the brain is starved of oxygen, can also result in significant damage. Any type of brain damage can be a real and immediate threat to the patient’s life, so emergency medical assistance should be sought if brain damage is suspected.
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