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Causes of Inattention

This section discusses 32 medical conditions causing Inattention. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Inattention:

The following list of conditions have 'Inattention' 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

  • Aarskog Syndrome ... attention deficit disorder
  • ADD ... Inattention, poor attention span
  • ADHD ... Inattention, poor attention span
  • Adult ADD ... Inattention
  • Adult ADHD ... Inattention
  • Alcohol abuse ... poor attention span
  • Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders ... distractibility
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ... careless mistakes, Inattention, getting bored too easily, poor attention span, easily distracted

    B

  • Bipolar disorder ... distractability, distractibility

    C

  • Chromosome 17, trisomy 17p11.2 ... attention deficit disorder
  • Cocaine abuse ... inattention

    F

  • Fetal alcohol syndrome ... inattention, distractibility
  • Frontotemporal dementia ... distractibility

    G

  • Global developmental delay - osteopenia - ectodermal defect ... poor attention span

    H

  • Huntington's Disease ... inattention

    L

  • Learning disabilities ... inattention

    M

  • Mild Traumatic Brain Injury ... Inattention
  • Multiple Sclerosis ... attention difficulties

    O

  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder ... inattention

    P

  • PANDAS ... distractibility
  • Pfiesteria piscicida poisoning ... distractibility
  • Pfiesteria poisoning ... distractibility
  • Pfiesteria shumwayae poisoning ... distractibility
  • Pick's disease of the brain ... distractibility
  • Potocki-Lupski syndrome ... attention deficit disorder

    S

  • Schilder's Disease ... poor attention
  • Strauss syndrome ... distractibility

    W

  • WAGR Syndrome ... attention deficit disorder
  • Williams Syndrome ... attention deficit disorder
  • Wilms tumor - aniridia - genitourinary anomalies - mental retardation ... attention deficit disorder

    Z

  • Zunich neuroectodermal syndrome ... Poor attention span
  • Zunich-Kaye syndrome ... poor attention span

    More Information About Inattention

    List of 32 causes of Inattention

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

    Medical Textbooks about Inattention

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