Memory loss
Memory loss: Introduction
Memory loss: The loss of ones ability to recall from their memory.
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causes of Memory loss, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Causes of Memory loss:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Memory loss.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Memory loss
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Diagnostic Guides for Memory loss
Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- AMNESIA
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- Amnesia
- "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms" (2004)
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- AMNESIA
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Amnesia
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Confusion
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Amnesia
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Confusion
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Confusion
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Memory Impairment
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Amnesia
- "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis" (2007)
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- Confusion
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Amnesia
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- Confusion
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- AMNESIA
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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Memory loss: Medical Mistakes
Memory loss: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Memory loss
Simple hearing loss can be misdiagnosed: Elderly patients can be misdiagnosed owing to
symptoms of paranoia, when the underlying cause is really
simple hearing loss.
Due to their inability to hear properly what people are saying,...read more »
Alzheimer's disease over-diagnosed: The well-known disease of Alzheimer's disease
is often over-diagnosed.
Patients tend to assume that any memory loss or forgetulness symptom might be Alzheimer's,
whereas there are many other less severe possibilities.
Some level...read more »
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for
a patient to show mental decline to dementia.
Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various...read more »
Tremor need not be Parkinson's disease: There is the tendency to believe that
any tremor symptom, or shakiness, means Parkinson's disease.
The reality...read more »
Rare diseases misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease: A rare genetic
disorder is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease for men in their 50's.
The disease Fragile X disorder can show only mild symptoms in the early years,
and Parkinsons-like symptoms around age 50...read more »
Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition
that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed.
It may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease or dementia (such as Alzheimer's disease)...read more »
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Memory loss: Related Rare Diseases
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Medications or substances causing Memory loss:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Memory loss 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.
- Belladonna, Phenobarbital and Ergotamine Tartrate
- Bellergal-S
- Bel-Phen-Ergot S
- Phenerbel-S
- Belladonna and Opium
- B&O Supprettes
- Belladonna
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medications causing Memory loss
Drug interactions causing Memory loss:
When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react
causing Memory loss 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.
- Phenytoin and Levothyroxine interaction
- Amitriptyline and Disulfiram interaction
- Cholecalciferol and Aluminum Hydroxide interaction
- Amitriptyline and Baclofen interaction
- Amitid and Baclofen interaction
- Amitril and Baclofen interaction
- Apo-Amitriptyline and Baclofen interaction
- Elatrol and Baclofen interaction
- more interactions...»
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drug interactions causing Memory loss
Detailed list of causes of Memory loss
The list below shows some of the causes of Memory loss mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Memory loss
How Common are these Causes of Memory loss?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Memory loss.
Of the 140
causes of Memory loss that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 2
causes are "very common" diseases
- 4
causes are "common" diseases
- 4
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 3
causes are "rare" diseases
- 6
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 131
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Memory loss
Conditions listing symptoms: Memory loss:
The following list of conditions
have 'Memory loss' 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.
A
Achromatopsia
... memory lossAIDS Dementia Complex
... memory lossAluminium poisoning
... memory lossAlzheimer disease 10
... Memory loss, gradual memory lossAlzheimer disease 12
... Memory loss, gradual memory lossAlzheimer disease 13
... Memory loss, gradual memory lossAlzheimer disease 14
... Memory loss, gradual memory lossAlzheimer disease 15
... Memory loss, gradual memory lossAlzheimer disease 16
... Memory lossAlzheimer disease 2, late-onset
... Memory lossAlzheimer disease 3, (early-onset Alzheimer disease)
... Memory lossAlzheimer disease 5
... Memory loss, gradual memory lossAlzheimer disease 6
... Memory loss, gradual memory lossAlzheimer disease 7
... Memory loss, gradual memory lossAlzheimer disease 8
... Memory loss, gradual memory lossAlzheimer disease 9
... Memory loss, gradual memory lossAlzheimer disease type 1
... gradual memory lossAlzheimer disease type 2
... gradual memory lossAlzheimer disease type 4
... gradual memory lossAlzheimer disease, early-onset, with cerebral amyloid angiopathy
... Memory lossAlzheimer disease, familial
... gradual memory lossAlzheimer disease, familial, 1
... Memory loss, gradual memory lossAlzheimer disease, familial, 11
... Memory lossAlzheimer disease, familial, 3, with spastic paraparesis and apraxia
... Memory lossAlzheimer disease, familial, 3, with spastic paraparesis and unusual plaques
... Memory lossAlzheimer disease, familial, 4
... Memory lossAlzheimer disease, familial, type 3
... gradual memory lossAlzheimer's Disease
... memory lossAlzheimer's disease without Neurofibrillary tangles
... gradual memory lossAmnesia
... memory lossAmnestic disorder
... memory lossArteriovenous Malformation
... memory lossB
Behcet's Disease
... memory lossBrain cancer
... memory lossBrain Concussion
... memory lossC
CFS subtype 1 (cognitive, musculoskeletal, sleep, anxiety/depression)
... memory lossCFS subtype 2 ( musculoskeletal, pain, anxiety/depression)
... memory lossCFS subtype 3 (mild)
... memory lossCFS subtype 4 (cognitive, musculoskeletal, sleep, anxiety/depression)
... memory lossCFS subtype 5 (musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal)
... memory lossCFS subtype 6 (postexertional)
... memory lossCFS subtype 7 (pain, infectious, musculoskeletal, sleep, neurological, gastrointestinal, neurocognitive, anxiety/depression)
... memory lossChemical poisoning - Bromoform
... memory lossChemical poisoning - Toluene
... memory lossChronic Fatigue Syndrome
... memory lossCitrullinemia
... memory lossCitrullinemia II
... memory lossConfabulation
... conviction in the false memoryCorticobasal Degeneration
... memory lossCryptococcal Meningitis
... memory lossD
Dementia
... memory lossDementia With Lewy Bodies
... memory lossDialysis encephalopathy syndrome
... memory lossDissociative Amnesia
... Memory lossDown's Syndrome associated Alzheimer's disease
... Memory lossE
Early-onset Alzheimer's
... Memory lossEncephalitis
... memory lossF
Familial Forms of Alzheimer's Disease
... Memory lossFood Additive Adverse reaction - chocolate
... memory lossFood Additive Adverse reaction - sulphite
... memory lossFrontotemporal dementia
... memory lossFrontotemporal dementia, ubiquitin-positive
... memory lossFrostbite
... memory lossG
Gräsbeck-Imerslund disease
... memory lossH
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
... memory lossHead injury
... memory lossHobo spider poisoning
... memory lossHuman T-lymphotropic virus type 3
... memory lossHydrocephalus
... memory lossI
Imerslünd-Grasbeck Syndrome
... memory lossL
Late-onset Alzheimer's
... Memory lossLyme disease
... memory lossM
Malignant astrocytoma
... memory lossMalignant germ cell tumor
... memory lossMegaloblastic Anemia 1
... memory lossMenopause
... memory loss, poor short-term memoryMercury poisoning - consumption of contaminated fish
... memory lossMercury poisoning - Folk Remedies
... memory lossMusculoskeletal chronic fatigue syndrome
... memory lossMyelinopathies
... memory lossN
Neurosarcoidosis
... memory lossNeurotoxicity syndromes
... memory lossNutritional deficiency
... Memory lossO
Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy
... memory lossP
Pellagra
... memory lossPick's disease of the brain
... memory lossR
Right parietal lobe syndrome related Alzheimer's disease
... Memory lossS
Selective Vitamin B12 malabsorption with Proteinuria
... memory lossSneddon Syndrome
... memory lossStachybotrys chartarum
... memory lossSubacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
... memory lossV
Variant CJD
... memory lossW
Whiplash
... memory lossY
Young McKeever Squier syndrome
... Memory lossZ
Zadik Barak Levin syndrome
... Decreased memory
Conditions listing complications: Memory loss:
The following list of conditions
have 'Memory loss' 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
Alzheimer disease 10
... memory lossAlzheimer disease 12
... memory lossAlzheimer disease 13
... memory lossAlzheimer disease 14
... memory lossAlzheimer disease 15
... memory lossAlzheimer disease 16
... memory lossAlzheimer disease 2, late-onset
... memory lossAlzheimer disease 3, (early-onset Alzheimer disease)
... memory lossAlzheimer disease 5
... memory lossAlzheimer disease 6
... memory lossAlzheimer disease 7
... memory lossAlzheimer disease 8
... memory lossAlzheimer disease 9
... memory lossAlzheimer disease, early-onset, with cerebral amyloid angiopathy
... memory lossAlzheimer disease, familial, 1
... memory lossAlzheimer disease, familial, 11
... memory lossAlzheimer disease, familial, 3, with spastic paraparesis and apraxia
... memory lossAlzheimer disease, familial, 3, with spastic paraparesis and unusual plaques
... memory lossAlzheimer disease, familial, 4
... memory lossAlzheimer's Disease
... memory lossAnoxia
... memory lossB
Barbiturate abuse
... memory lossBehcet's Disease
... memory lossC
Concussion
... memory lossD
Down Syndrome
... memory lossDown's Syndrome associated Alzheimer's disease
... memory lossE
Early-onset Alzheimer's
... memory lossF
Familial Forms of Alzheimer's Disease
... memory lossL
Late-onset Alzheimer's
... memory lossR
Right parietal lobe syndrome related Alzheimer's disease
... memory loss
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Causes of Memory loss Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Memory loss based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
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Medical Conditions associated with Memory loss:
Memory symptoms (281 causes)
Symptoms related to Memory loss:
Forgetfulness (227 causes), Alzheimer-like symptoms, Memory symptoms (281 causes), Drug overdose, Dementia (192 causes), Frontal lobe dementia, Amnesia (11 causes), Temporal lobe injury, Chronic depression, Alzheimer's disease (1 cause), Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, Stress related activities, Traumatic brain injury, Cytotoxic drugs, Chemotherapy, Fugue states, disassociative identity disorder, TIA, alcohol abuse (8 causes)
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