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Cognitive impairment



Cognitive impairment: Contents

Cognitive impairment: Introduction

Mental cognition refers to the various mental processes that underpin our rational thinking.

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Causes of Cognitive impairment:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Cognitive impairment. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

See full list of 452 causes of Cognitive impairment

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Causes of Types of Cognitive impairment:

Review the causes of these more specific types of Cognitive impairment:

See full list of 100 types for Cognitive impairment

Cognitive impairment: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Cognitive impairment, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Cognitive impairment

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Cognitive impairment:

Diagnostic Guides for Cognitive impairment

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Cognitive impairment from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Cognitive impairment. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Cognitive impairment

Medical Books Excerpts

DELIRIUM

  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)

DEMENTIA

  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)

MEMORY LOSS

  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)

Delirium

  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms" (2004)

Dementia

  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms" (2004)

Delirium

  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)

DELIRIUM

  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)

MEMORY LOSS AND DEMENTIA

  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)

Dementia*

  • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)

Malignant brain tumors

  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)

Brain abscess

  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)

Introduction: Psychiatric Disorders

  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)

Delirium

  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)

Dementia

  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)

Memory Impairment

  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)

Dementia

  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis" (2007)

Delirium/Hallucinations

  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis" (2007)

Brain tumors, malignant

  • "Handbook of Diseases" (2003)

Brain abscess

  • "Handbook of Diseases" (2003)

Developmental Delay

  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)

DELIRIUM

  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)

MEMORY LOSS AND DEMENTIA

  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)

Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

  • "Pediatric Infectious Disease" (2004)

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Misdiagnosis and Cognitive impairment

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Diagnostic tests for Cognitive impairment:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Cognitive impairment. Some of these are listed below :

See full list of 29 diagnostic tests for Cognitive impairment

Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Cognitive impairment. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

  • How long have you noticed the cognitive impairment? - to determine if acute or chronic. If acute in nature must consider delirium as possible cause of cognitive impairment. Delirium is an acute confusional state due to many causes e.g. infection, drug intoxication, alcohol withdrawal, liver failure, kidney failure, hypoxia, low blood sugar, stroke, heart attack or head injury.
  • What exactly do you mean by cognitive impairment? - many symptoms can be used to explain cognitive impairment e.g. forgetfulness, poor concentration, confusion, disorientation, dementia, learning disability, mental retardation, delusion, paranoia, hallucinations, disorganization, indecisiveness.
  • What is the age of the patient with cognitive impairment? - if a child must consider attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, learning disorders , causes of mental retardation e.g. fragile X syndrome, tuberous sclerosis, Down syndrome, trisomy 18, agenesis of the corpus callosum, cerebral palsy, Chiari malformation, fetal alcohol syndrome, hydrocephalus, Rett's syndrome, Soto's syndrome, microcephaly, autism, Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
  • If patient is a child, what are the details of the pregnancy, birth and new born? - may detect prenatal infections, prenatal drugs and toxins, birth trauma, neonatal infection as a possible cause of cognitive impairment.
  • At what time of the day is the cognitive impairment worse? - e.g. if symptoms are worse in the late afternoon and at night delirium ( acute confusional state) is most likely.
  • more questions...»

See Diagnosis Checklist for Cognitive impairment (22 listings)

Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)

Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Cognitive impairment) may include:

  • Impulsive behavior, inattentiveness and hyperactivity? - may suggest attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
  • Poor social interaction and language delay in a child? - e.g. poor eye contact, aloneness, difficulties relating to peers - may suggest autism as cause of cognitive impairment.
  • Developmental milestone delay in children? - e.g. if not walking by 18 months consider Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
  • Symptoms of depression? - Depression may exhibit many of the features of an early dementia, especially memory impairment, slowed thinking and lack of spontaneity.
  • Fever? - can suggest any infection that may cause delirium or meningitis, encephalitis, brain abscess or brain hemorrhage.
  • more symptoms...»

See Diagnosis Checklist for Cognitive impairment (22 listings)

Stories from Users for Cognitive impairment

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Patient Surveys for Cognitive impairment

Causes of Cognitive impairment listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Cognitive impairment as a symptom include:

See full list of 452 causes of Cognitive impairment
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Drug interactions causing Cognitive impairment:

When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react causing Cognitive impairment as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

  • Halcion (Triazolam) and E.E.S. interaction
  • Halcion (Triazolam) and E-Mycin (erythromycin) interaction
  • Halcion (Triazolam) and ERYC interaction
  • Halcion (Triazolam) and EryPed interaction
  • Halcion (Triazolam) and Ery-Tab interaction
  • Halcion (Triazolam) and Erythrocin interaction
  • more interactions...»

See full list of 20 drug interactions causing Cognitive impairment

Definitions of Cognitive impairment:

Broad group of severe mental and behavioral disorders etiologically traceable to brain disease, injury, or toxicosis; psychosis associated with endocrine disorders, drugs, and metabolic or nutritional abnormalities.
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Organs affected by Cognitive impairment:

The list of organs typically affected by Cognitive impairment may include, but is not limited to:

Detailed list of causes of Cognitive impairment

The list below shows some of the causes of Cognitive impairment mentioned in various sources:

See full list of 452 causes of Cognitive impairment

How Common are these Causes of Cognitive impairment?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Cognitive impairment. Of the 452 causes of Cognitive impairment that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 6 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 21 causes are "common" diseases
  • 9 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 19 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 24 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 398 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 452 causes of Cognitive impairment

Conditions listing symptoms: Cognitive impairment:

The following list of conditions have 'Cognitive impairment' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

Symbols

  • 3 alpha methylglutaconicaciduria, type 3 ... cognitive deficit
  • 49,XXXXY syndrome ... intellectual impairment

    A

  • Absence of septum pellucidum and septo-optic dysplasia ... neurological problems
  • Aceruloplasminemia ... cognitive dysfunction
  • Acidemia, propionic ... intellectual disability
  • Acrosphenosyndactylia ... intellectual impairment
  • Acute leukaemia of ambiguous lineage ... neurological disorders
  • Acute megacaryoblastic leukemia ... neurological disorders
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 1 ... neurological disorders
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 2 ... neurological disorders
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 3 ... neurological disorders
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 4 ... neurological disorders
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 5 ... neurological disorders
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 6 ... neurological disorders
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 7 ... neurological disorders
  • Acute myelocytic leukemia ... neurological disorders
  • Acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes related to alkylating agent ... neurological disorders
  • Acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes related to topoisomerase type II inhibitor ... neurological disorders
  • Acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes, therapy related ... neurological disorders
  • Acute myeloid leukemia ... neurological disorders
  • Acute myeloid leukemia, adult ... neurological disorders
  • ADD ... inability to organize oneself, difficulty managing time
  • Adducted thumb syndrome recessive form ... neurological problems
  • Adducted thumbs - arthrogryposis, Christian type ... neurological problems
  • ADHD ... difficulty managing time
  • Adhesive abuse ... poor judgement
  • Adhesive addiction ... poor judgement
  • Adrenal adenoma, familial ... mental disturbances
  • Adrenal Cancer ... mental disturbances
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms ... mental disturbances
  • Adrenal gland hyperfunction ... mental disturbances
  • Adrenal incidentaloma ... mental disturbances
  • Adrenocortical carcinoma ... mental disturbances
  • Adrenoleukodystrophy ... mental deterioration, Cognitive impairment
  • Adult ADD ... difficulty managing time
  • Adult ADHD ... difficulty managing time
  • Aerosol abuse ... poor judgement
  • Aerosol addiction ... poor judgement
  • Agenesis of the corpus callosum ... impaired mental development
  • Aging ... Slight mental decline
  • Agnosia ... Inability to recognize sounds, Inability to recognize people, Inability to recognize objects
  • Alagille Syndrome ... mental impairment
  • Alcohol abuse ... poor judgement
  • Allergic encephalomyelitis ... cognitive dysfunction
  • Alopecia, mental retardation and neurological problems ... neurological problems
  • Alternating Hemiplegia ... mental impairment
  • Alzheimer disease 10 ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer disease 12 ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer disease 13 ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer disease 14 ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer disease 15 ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer disease 16 ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer disease 2, late-onset ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer disease 3, (early-onset Alzheimer disease) ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer disease 5 ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer disease 6 ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer disease 7 ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer disease 8 ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer disease 9 ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer disease, early-onset, with cerebral amyloid angiopathy ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 1 ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 11 ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 3, with spastic paraparesis and apraxia ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 3, with spastic paraparesis and unusual plaques ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 4 ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Alzheimer's Disease ... thinking difficulty, impaired visual skills, inability to function, cognition disintegration, wandering, poor judgment
  • Amelo-cerebro-hypohidrotic syndrome ... progressive mental deterioration
  • Amish brittle hair syndrome ... mental impairment
  • Amphetamine abuse ... poor judgement
  • Anti-Social Personality Disorder ... poor judgment
  • Anton-Vogt syndrome ... mental impairment
  • Apert syndrome ... intellectual impairment
  • Aphasia ... trouble understanding speech
  • Arteriovenous Malformation ... neurological problems
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia ... Normal intelligence
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ... inability to organize oneself, inability to organize school work, difficulty managing time, messiness, difficulty with details, disorganization
  • Auditory Processing Disorder ... Difficulty following instructions, Normal intelligence

    B

  • Balo disease ... neurological problems
  • Balo's concentric sclerosis ... intellectual impairment
  • Baló disease ... cognitive impairement
  • Barbiturate abuse ... trouble thinking
  • Behcet's Disease ... neurological damage
  • Benign astrocytoma ... mental changes
  • Bessman-Baldwin syndrome ... mental deterioration, neurological disorders
  • BIDS syndrome ... mental impairment
  • Bing-Neel syndrome ... mental deterioration
  • Binswanger's Disease ... loss of cognition
  • Bipolar disorder ... difficulty thinking
  • Bipolar VI ... Poor judgment
  • Birth control pill poisoning ... mental changes
  • Borderline Personality Disorder ... unstable relationships, difficulty with relationships
  • Borna disease ... mental illness
  • Bosley-Salih-Alorainy syndrome ... cognitive impairment
  • Brachmann-De Lange Syndrome ... intellectual impairment
  • Braddock Jones Superneau syndrome ... neurological problems
  • Brain cancer ... cognitive problems
  • Brain tumor, adult ... altered ability to think
  • Bristowe's syndrome ... mental changes
  • Brittle hair - mental deficiency ... intellectual impairment
  • Bulimia nervosa ... inappropriate mental attitudes

    C

  • CACH syndrome ... cognitive impairment
  • Cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis, hereditary, Dutch type ... mental changes
  • Cerebral Palsy ... mental impairment, Normal intelligence
  • Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 3, Juvenile ... intellectual deterioration
  • Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 8 ... mental deterioration
  • Chemical poisoning - Acrylonitrile ... impaired judgment
  • Chemical poisoning - Chlorfenvinphos ... cognitive impairment
  • Chemical poisoning - Ethylbenzene ... impaired judgment
  • Chemical poisoning - Lead-containing Paint ... neurological problems
  • Chiari Malformation ... mental impairment
  • Childhood-onset cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy ... difficulty understanding speech
  • Chromosome 14 deletion ... neurological problems
  • Chromosome 17 deletion ... neurological problems
  • Chromosome 17 trisomy ... neurological problems
  • Chromosome 17, trisomy 17p11.2 ... cognitive impairment
  • Chromosome 22q11.2 microduplication ... cognitive deficits
  • Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia ... neurological disorders
  • Cirrhosis of the liver ... degraded mental function
  • Cocaine abuse ... difficulty thinking
  • Common migraine ... mental fuzziness
  • Corticobasal Degeneration ... cognitive impairment
  • Crack addiction ... impaired judgement
  • Craniosynostosis - Dandy-Walker - Hydrocephalus ... neurological problems
  • Craniosynostosis Maroteaux Fonfria type ... intellectual impairment
  • Craniosynostosis, sagittal, with Dandy-Walker malformation and hydrocephalus ... neurological problems
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ... impaired thinking, impaired judgment
  • Cushing's syndrome ... mental disturbances

    D

  • Dandy Walker syndrome recessive form ... intellectual impairment
  • De Sanctis-Cacchione syndrome ... mental deterioration, progressive mental deterioration
  • Deafness - lymphoedema - leukemia ... neurological disorders
  • Deletion 22q11 ... intellectual impairment
  • Dementia ... cognitive loss, mental decline
  • Dementia With Lewy Bodies ... cognition fluctuations, cognition loss
  • Dementia, familial British ... progressive mental deterioration
  • Depression ... difficulty thinking, relationship difficulty, mental changes, difficulty making decisions
  • Depressive disorders ... difficulty thinking, relationship difficulty, mental changes, difficulty making decisions
  • Diabetic hypoglycemia ... fuzzy thinking
  • DiGeorge syndrome ... intellectual impairment
  • Down's Syndrome associated Alzheimer's disease ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Dravet syndrome ... mental decline, cognitive impairment
  • Drug abuse ... mental changes
  • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy ... intellectual impairment
  • Dysphasic dementia, hereditary ... cognitive impairment
  • Dysthymia ... difficulty thinking, relationship difficulty, mental changes, difficulty making decisions
  • Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa ... impaired mental development

    E

  • Early-onset Alzheimer's ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Ecstasy addiction ... impaired judgement
  • Encephalitis ... mental changes, impaired judgement
  • Ependymoma ... cognitive problems
  • Epilepsy with myoclonic-astatic crisis ... cognitive problems

    F

  • Facial clefting corpus callosum agenesis ... cognitive impairment
  • Familial Forms of Alzheimer's Disease ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Fetal alcohol syndrome ... intellectual impairment, problem solving difficulty, poor judgment
  • Fochs-LADD ... progressive mental deterioration
  • Fronto-temporal dementia and Parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17) ... cognitive impairment
  • Frontotemporal dementia ... impaired judgment
  • Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor ... mental disturbances

    G

  • Ganglioglioma ... cognitive problems
  • Gaucher disease type 2 ... cognitive impairment
  • Generalized lipodystrophy with mental retardation, deafness, short stature and slender bones ... delayed cognitive development
  • Gerstmann's Syndrome ... difficulty with math, calculation dysfunction (dyscalculia), inability to distinguish right from left, inability to calculate (acalculia)
  • Gliomatosis cerebri ... cognitive problems
  • Gliosarcoma ... cognitive problems
  • Glutamate decarboxylase deficiency ... cognitive impairment
  • Goldberg syndrome ... neurological disorders
  • Gulf War syndrome ... cognitive dysfunction

    H

  • Hand-Schüller-Christian Syndrome ... neurological damage
  • Hangover ... difficulty making decisions
  • Hashimoto's Thyroiditis ... mental slowness
  • Helminthiasis ... neurological problems
  • Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies ... difficulty driving
  • HIV/AIDS ... neurologic problems
  • Homen syndrome ... mental deterioration
  • Human HOXA1 Syndromes ... cognitive impairment
  • Human T-lymphotropic virus type 3 ... neurological disorders
  • Huntington's Disease ... difficulty making a decision, cognitive difficulty, progressive mental deterioration, difficulty driving, difficulty learning new things, impaired judgement, cognitive impairment, impaired judgment
  • Hydranencephaly ... intellectual deficits
  • Hydrocephalus ... cognition changes
  • Hyperadrenalism ... mental disturbances
  • Hypereosinophilic syndrome ... mental disturbances
  • Hyperglycinemia ... intellectual disability
  • Hypernatremia ... neurological damage
  • Hyperostosis frontalis interna ... mental impairment
  • Hyperparathyroidism ... impaired thinking
  • Hypoglycemia ... fuzzy thinking
  • Hypoglycemic attack ... fuzzy thinking
  • Hypomelanosis of Ito ... neurologic problems
  • Hypothalamic hamartomas ... cognitive problems

    I

  • Idiopathic Parkinson's disease ... impaired thinking, intellectual symptoms
  • Inhalant abuse ... poor judgement
  • Inhalant addiction ... poor judgement
  • Intracranial Embolism ... difficulty understanding speech
  • Intrauterine infections ... neurological problems

    J

  • Jacobsen syndrome ... cognitive dysfunction
  • Jet lag ... cognitive difficulty, difficulty making decisions
  • Johanson-Blizzard Syndrome ... intellectual impairment

    K

  • Kabuki syndrome ... intellectual impairment
  • Kearns-Sayre Syndrome ... cognitive dysfunction
  • Klinefelter syndrome, variants ... poor judgment
  • Kluver-Bucy Syndrome ... inability to recognize people
  • Kohlschutter-Tonz syndrome ... progressive mental deterioration
  • Krabbe leukodystrophy ... mental deterioration

    L

  • Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis ... neurological damage
  • Late-onset Alzheimer's ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Lead poisoning ... cognitive changes
  • Leucinosis ... neurological damage
  • Leukemia, Myeloid ... neurological disorders
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Aggressive-Phase ... neurological disorders
  • Leukomalacia ... neurological problems
  • Lhermitte-McAlpine syndrome ... mental deterioration
  • Lissencephaly with cerebellar hypoplasia, recessive ... delayed cognitive development
  • LSD addiction ... impaired judgement
  • Lupus ... trouble thinking, neurological disorders
  • Lyme disease ... thinking difficulties

    M

  • Mal de debarquement ... cognitive dysfunction
  • Malformations in neuronal migration ... cognitive impairment
  • Malignant astrocytoma ... intellectual impairment
  • Manganese toxicity ... neurological disorders
  • Maple syrup urine disease ... neurological damage
  • Maple syrup urine disease, type 1A ... neurological damage
  • Maple syrup urine disease, type 1B ... neurological damage
  • Maple syrup urine disease, type II ... neurological damage
  • Maple syrup urine disease, type III ... neurological damage
  • Marchiafava-Bignami disease ... mental changes
  • Marijuana addiction ... impaired thinking
  • Mc Leod neuroacanthocytosis syndrome ... cognitive impairment
  • Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency ... neurological damage
  • Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts ... cognitive impairment
  • Megalencephaly - cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita ... neurological problems
  • Meningioma ... mental changes
  • Metachromatic Leukodystrophy ... loss of mental abilities, mental deterioration, mental deterioration, mental deterioration, mental deterioration, mental deterioration
  • Mild Traumatic Brain Injury ... mental changes
  • Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy - aminoacidopathy ... neurological problems
  • Mitochondrial Parkinson's disease ... impaired thinking, intellectual symptoms
  • MN1 ... mental changes
  • Mohr-Tranebjaerg syndrome ... cognitive impairment
  • Morgellons Disease ... cognitive dysfunction
  • Morquio syndrome, type B ... mental deterioration
  • Moyamoya Disease ... cognitive impairments
  • MPS 3 C ... mental deterioration
  • MPS 3 D ... mental deterioration
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis I ... progressive mental disability
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis II ... mental deterioration
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis III ... mental deterioration in childhood
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type 3 ... mental deterioration
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis Type III ... mental deterioration
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis VII ... Intellectual impairment
  • Multi-Infarct Dementia ... difficulty following instructions, getting lost, wandering, problems handling money
  • Multiple Sclerosis ... cognitive impairments, judgment difficulties
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae ... neurologic disorders

    N

  • N-acetyl-alpha-glucosaminidase sulfamidase deficiency ... mental deterioration
  • Neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease ... cognitive difficulties
  • Neurosyphilis - general paresis ... intellectual impairment, neurological problems, mental impairment
  • Noise-Induced Hearing Loss ... difficulty understanding speech
  • Nyssen-Van Bogaert syndrome ... mental changes

    O

  • Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy ... cognitive loss
  • Olivopontocerebellar atrophy I ... cognitive impairment
  • Olivopontocerebellar atrophy, type V ... progressive mental deterioration
  • Organic personality syndrome ... impaired judgment

    P

  • Panic disorder ... difficulty thinking
  • Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration ... mental deterioration
  • Parkinson disease 10 (PARK10) ... impaired thinking, intellectual symptoms
  • Parkinson disease 11 (PARK11) ... impaired thinking, intellectual symptoms
  • Parkinson disease 12 (PARK12) ... impaired thinking, intellectual symptoms
  • Parkinson disease 13 (PARK13) ... impaired thinking, intellectual symptoms
  • Parkinson disease 2, autosomal recessive juvenile (PARK2) ... impaired thinking, intellectual symptoms
  • Parkinson disease 3, autosomal dominant Lewy body (PARK3) ... impaired thinking, intellectual symptoms
  • Parkinson disease 4, autosomal dominant Lewy body (PARK4) ... impaired thinking, intellectual symptoms
  • Parkinson disease 5 (PARK5) ... impaired thinking, intellectual symptoms
  • Parkinson disease 6, autosomal recessive early-onset (PARK6) ... impaired thinking, intellectual symptoms
  • Parkinson disease 7, autosomal recessive early-onset (PARK7) ... impaired thinking, intellectual symptoms
  • Parkinson disease 8 (PARK8) ... impaired thinking, intellectual symptoms
  • Parkinson disease 9 (PARK9) ... impaired thinking, intellectual symptoms
  • Parkinson disease, familial, type 1 (PARK1) ... impaired thinking, intellectual symptoms
  • Parkinson's Disease ... intellectual symptoms
  • Partial agenesis of corpus callosum ... mental impairment
  • Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease ... mental deterioration
  • Peroxisomal defects ... neurological problems
  • Persistent Vegetative State ... preserved non-cognitive function, lost cognitive function
  • Pfeiffer Syndrome Type I ... normal intelligence
  • Phosphoglycerate kinase 1 deficiency ... neurological disorders
  • Pick's Disease ... difficulty thinking, lack of spontaneity
  • Pick's disease of the brain ... impaired judgment
  • Pituitary cancer, childhood ... mental deterioration, mental disturbances
  • Pituitary tumors, adult ... mental deterioration, mental disturbances
  • Potocki-Lupski syndrome ... cognitive impairment
  • Prion diseases ... severe mental impairment
  • Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy ... cognition failure, mental deterioration
  • PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome ... Cognitive delay
  • Pyruvate carboxylase deficiency, Group B ... neurological problems

    R

  • Rajab-Spranger syndrome ... delayed cognitive development
  • Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Type 2 ... cognitive impairment
  • Rasmussen's Encephalitis ... mental deterioration
  • Retinopathy - aplastic anemia - neurological abnormalities ... neurological problems
  • Rett's syndrome ... physical and neurological problems, mental deterioration
  • Reye's Syndrome ... progressive mental changes
  • Right parietal lobe syndrome related Alzheimer's disease ... Thinking difficulty, Impaired visual skills, Poor judgement, Wandering
  • Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome ... intellectual impairment

    S

  • Sabinas brittle hair syndrome ... intellectual impairment
  • Sandhoff Disease ... mental deterioration, progressive mental deterioration
  • Schizophrenia ... disordered thinking, Cognitive symptoms
  • Sclerosteosis ... intellectual impairment
  • Septo-Optic Dysplasia ... Intellectual problems, normal intelligence
  • Shaken Baby Syndrome ... neurological damage
  • Shprintzen syndorme ... intellectual impairment
  • Sjogren-Larsson syndrome ... neurological disorders
  • Sjögren-Larsson syndrome ... neurological disorders
  • Skeletal dysplasia - mental retardation ... neurological problems
  • Sleep dept ... impaired thinking
  • Solvent abuse ... poor judgement
  • Solvent addiction ... poor judgement
  • Soto's Syndrome ... intellectual impairment, delayed cognitive development
  • Spastic disorders ... mental impairment, Normal intelligence
  • Spastic paraplegia 11, autosomal recessive ... mental impairment
  • Spastic paraplegia 4, autosomal dominant ... cognitive impairment
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 13 ... cognitive impairment
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 19 ... cognitive impairment
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 2 ... progressive mental deterioration
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 21 ... cognitive impairment
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 27 ... cognitive impairment
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 29 ... cognitive impairment
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, X-linked, 5 ... normal intelligence
  • Steroid abuse ... impaired judgement
  • Stroke ... trouble understanding speech
  • Sturge-Weber Syndrome ... delayed cognitive skills
  • Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis ... intellectual deterioration
  • Sundown syndrome ... wandering
  • Susac syndrome ... cognitive problems
  • Syphilis ... mental illness, neurologic problems
  • Syphilitic aseptic meningitis ... cognitive changes

    T

  • Tay-Sachs disease - adult onset ... intellectual impairment
  • Temporal lobectomy behavior syndrome ... inability to recognize people
  • Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiencies ... intellectual impairment
  • Timme syndrome ... mental deterioration
  • Timothy syndrome ... cognitive impairment
  • Toxic Shock Syndrome ... mental changes
  • Transient Ischemic Attack ... difficulty understanding speech
  • Traumatic Brain Injury ... cognitive problems
  • Turner Syndrome ... cognitive defects

    V

  • Vanishing white matter leukodystrophy ... mental impairment
  • Velocardiofacial syndrome ... intellectual impairment

    W

  • Westphal disease ... Cognitive difficulties
  • Williams Syndrome ... intellectual disability
  • Wilson's Disease ... Various neurological and behavioral symptoms, mental changes

    X

  • Xeroderma pigmentosum ... mental deterioration
  • Xeroderma pigmentosum, type 1 ... mental deterioration
  • Xeroderma pigmentosum, type 2 ... mental deterioration

    Conditions listing complications: Cognitive impairment:

    The following list of conditions have 'Cognitive impairment' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Adhesive abuse ... cognitive problems
  • Adhesive addiction ... cognitive problems
  • Aerosol abuse ... cognitive problems
  • Aerosol addiction ... cognitive problems
  • Alzheimer's Disease ... inability to function, cognition disintegration, wandering
  • Amphetamine abuse ... impaired thinking
  • Arachnoid Cysts ... permanent severe neurological damage
  • Arachnoiditis ... neurological damage
  • Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome ... neurological problems

    B

  • Barbiturate abuse ... difficulty thinking
  • Batten Disease ... mental impairment
  • Benzodiazepine abuse ... cognitive changes

    C

  • Chromosome 22q deletion ... mental illness
  • Chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome ... mental illness
  • Ciguatera poisoning ... persistent neurologic problems
  • Cirrhosis of the liver ... degraded mental function
  • Cryptococcosis ... permanent neurologic damage

    D

  • Down Syndrome ... impaired judgment
  • Drug-resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae Disease ... Neurologic complications

    E

  • Ecstasy addiction ... cognitive impairment
  • Electrical burns ... mental changes

    I

  • Inhalant abuse ... cognitive problems
  • Inhalant addiction ... cognitive problems

    L

  • Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis ... temporary neurological damage

    M

  • Marijuana abuse ... Impaired thinking
  • Meningitis ... cognitive defects
  • Microcephaly ... mental impairment

    N

  • Neurofibromatosis syndrome ... intellectual deficits
  • Neurofibromatosis syndrome Type II ... intellectual deficits
  • Non-diarrheal (D-) HUS syndrome ... neurological problems

    P

  • Pregnancy ... Dull mental function
  • Prion diseases ... severe mental impairment
  • Psittacosis ... neurologic complications

    S

  • Solvent abuse ... cognitive problems
  • Solvent addiction ... cognitive problems
  • Stroke ... cognitive deficits, Impaired judgment
  • Syphilis ... neurological problems

    T

  • Triple-X syndrome ... mental slowness
  • Tuberculous meningitis ... Mental impairment

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    • Causes of Cognitive impairment Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Cognitive impairment based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

  • Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
  • Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?

    Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Cognitive impairment?

    Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Cognitive impairment, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.

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    What are the alternative names for Cognitive impairment:

    Obnubilation, Organic brain syndrome, Organic psychiatric syndrome, Brain failure, Brain syndromes, Cognition disturbance
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    Classifications of Cognitive impairment:

    Subtypes of Cognitive impairment:

    Neurologic disorders (1 cause), Mental changes (18 causes), Progressive mental deterioration (9 causes), Impaired thinking (19 causes), Neurological problems (23 causes), Disorganization (36 causes), Intellectual impairment (26 causes), Abnormal thinking, Changes in intellectual functioning (1 cause)

    Medical Conditions associated with Cognitive impairment:

    Mental problems (2593 causes), Behavioral symptoms (3876 causes), Personality symptoms (3350 causes)

    Symptoms related to Cognitive impairment:

    Mental symptoms (2593 causes), Concentration difficulty (265 causes), Memory symptoms (274 causes), Forgetfulness (226 causes), Delirium (92 causes), Delusions (116 causes), Learning disabilities (359 causes), Mental retardation (1558 causes)

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