Common causes of Short-term memory loss

Causes of Short-term memory loss that are very common

The following causes of Short-term memory loss are diseases or medical conditions that affect more than 10 million people in the USA:

• Alcohol abuse
• Mental illness

Causes of Short-term memory loss that are common

The following causes of Short-term memory loss are diseases or conditions that affect more than 1 million people in the USA:

• Cerebrovascular disease
• Drug abuse

Causes of Short-term memory loss that are uncommon

The following causes of Short-term memory loss are diseases or conditions that affect more than 200,000 people, but less than 1 million people in the USA:

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - short-term memory loss
• Dementia - short-term memory loss
• HIV/AIDS - short-term memory loss

Causes of Short-term memory loss that are very rare

The following causes of Short-term memory loss appear in the population at a rate of substantially less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:

• Creutzfeldt Jakob disease
• Huntington disease
• Syphilis

Causes of Short-term memory loss without any prevalence information

The following causes of Short-term memory loss are ones for which we do not have any prevalence information.

• Alcohol abuse
• Atlantic mussel food poisoning - short-term memory loss
• B12 deficiencey
• Cerebral tumour
• Cerebrovascular disease
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - short-term memory loss
• Delirium
• Dementia - short-term memory loss
• Drug abuse
• Encephalitis
• Head injury
• HHV-6 encephalitis - short-term memory loss
• Hypothyroidism
• Lead poisoning
• Marijuana abuse - Short term memory loss
• Mental illness
• Morgellons Disease - short term memory loss
• Normal pressure hydrocephalus

All Causes of Short-term memory loss

The full list of all possible causes for Short-term memory loss described in various sources is as follows:

• Alcohol abuse
• Atlantic mussel food poisoning - short-term memory loss
• B12 deficiencey
• Cerebral tumour
• Cerebrovascular disease

See full list of possible disease causes of Short-term memory loss

Drug side effect causes of Short-term memory loss

• Procyclidine
• Kemadrin
• Disipal
• Timolol
• Blocadren

Drug interaction causes of Short-term memory loss:

• Imipramine and Baclofen interaction
• Antipress and Baclofen interaction
• Apo-Imipiramine and Baclofen interaction
• Impril and Baclofen interaction
• Imprin and Baclofen interaction

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