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Causes of Cognitive impairment



This section discusses 378 medical conditions causing Cognitive impairment. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

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.

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:

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Conditions listing medical 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.

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  • 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
  • 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
  • Adducted thumb syndrome recessive form ... neurological problems
  • 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
  • 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's Disease ... thinking difficulty, impaired visual skills, inability to function, cognition disintegration, wandering, poor judgment
  • Amphetamine abuse ... poor judgement
  • Anti-Social Personality Disorder ... poor judgment
  • Anton-Vogt syndrome ... mental impairment
  • Apert syndrome ... intellectual impairment
  • Aphasia ... trouble understanding speech
  • Arsenic poisoning ... cognitive impairment chronic exposure
  • 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

  • Baló disease ... cognitive impairement
  • Balo disease ... neurological problems
  • Balo's concentric sclerosis ... intellectual impairment
  • 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
  • Borderline Personality Disorder ... unstable relationships, difficulty with relationships
  • Borna disease ... mental illness
  • Bosley-Salih-Alorainy syndrome ... cognitive impairment
  • Brachmann-De Lange Syndrome ... intellectual impairment
  • Brain cancer ... cognitive problems
  • Brain tumor, adult ... altered ability to think
  • Bristowe's syndrome ... mental changes
  • 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
  • Chiari Malformation ... mental impairment
  • Childhood-onset cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy ... difficulty understanding speech
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

  • Encephalitis ... mental changes, impaired judgement
  • Ependymoma ... cognitive problems
  • Epilepsy with myoclonic-astatic crisis ... cognitive problems

    F

  • 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 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

  • 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
  • Lead poisoning ... cognitive changes
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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

  • Neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease ... cognitive difficulties
  • Neurosyphilis - general paresis ... intellectual impairment, neurological problems, mental impairment
  • Noise-Induced Hearing Loss ... difficulty understanding speech

    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'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
  • 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
  • Postpartum depression ... difficulty making decisions
  • Prion diseases ... severe mental impairment
  • Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy ... cognition failure, mental deterioration
  • 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
  • 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
  • Sjögren-Larsson syndrome ... neurological disorders
  • 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
  • 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 medical complications: Cognitive impairment:

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

    A

  • 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

    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

  • Stroke ... cognitive deficits, Impaired judgment
  • Syphilis ... neurological problems

    T

  • Triple-X syndrome ... mental slowness

    More Information About Cognitive impairment

    List of 378 causes of Cognitive impairment

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Cognitive impairment in our database from various sources.

    Drug interaction causes of Cognitive impairment:

    Drug interactions may be a possible cause of Cognitive impairment.

    • 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
    [See detailed list of 20 drug interaction causes of Cognitive impairment]

    Medical Textbooks about Cognitive impairment (Full Online Access)

    Free online access without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Cognitive impairment. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Cognitive impairment (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

    • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"
    • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"
    • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"
    • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
    • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
    • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis"
    • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
    • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
    • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
    • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
    • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
    • "Handbook of Diseases"
    • "Handbook of Diseases"
    • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics"

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