Glossary for Short-term memory loss

Medical terms related to Short-term memory loss or mentioned in this section include:

• Alcohol abuse: Excessive alcohol as a symptom of other conditions
• Alzheimer's-like symptoms: symptoms such as dementia
• Atlantic mussel food poisoning: Atlantic mussels contain a toxin called domoic acid which can affect nerve tissue. The mussels are found in the North Atlantic and Pacific coast and the Gulf of Mexico.
• Behavioral symptoms: Symptoms of personal behavior.
• Brain tumor: A condition which is characterized by the abnormal growth of tissue within the brain
• Cerebrovascular symptoms: Symptoms related to the brain's arteries
• Chronic fatigue syndrome: A persistent debilitating fatigue of recent onset
• Cognitive impairment: General loss of mental or cognitive ability
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: A very rare degenerative brain disease that can be inherited, transmitted (eg in surgical transplants using infected tissue) or as a result of genetic mutations. The condition is fatal.
• Delirium: Severe mental deterioration
• Dementia: Mental confusion and impaired thought.
• Drug abuse: Drug use as a symptom of other conditions
• Encephalitis: Infection of the brain (as a symptom)
• Forgetfulness: Forgetting things or loss of memory ability
• Grief or loss: The normal emotional response that occurs to an external loss
• HHV-6 encephalitis: A rare condition that usually occurs in immunocompromised people such as those undergoing transplants or HIV patients. The condition causes neurological symptoms.
• HIV/AIDS: HIV is a sexually transmitted virus and AIDS is the progressive immune failure that HIV causes.
• Head injury: Any injury that occurs to the head
• Huntington's Disease: Inherited disease causing progressive mental deterioration.
• Hypothyroidism: The decreased activity of the thyroid gland
• Intestinal obstruction: Any obstruction that occurs in the gastrointestinal system
• Lead poisoning: A type of heavy metal poisoning caused by excessive exposure to lead.
• Malabsorption: Dysfunctional absorption
• Marijuana abuse: Illicit depressant/hallucinogenic drug
• Memory loss: The loss of ones ability to recall from their memory.
• Memory symptoms: Symptoms related to memory ability such as forgetfulness.
• Mental problems: Symptoms affecting judgement, thought or intelligence.
• Morgellons Disease: A rare disorder involving a variety of skin symptoms such as unusual sensations, skin lesions and the presence of fiber-like particles in or on the skin. There is still dissension over whether this is an actual disorder or whether it is a psychotic disorder or a skin disorder. Further research is being planned.
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A block in the flow of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain, causing enlarged ventricles and brain atrophy.
• Personality symptoms: Symptoms or changes to the personality.
• Puerperal fever: Delayed uterine infection after childbirth
• Syphilis: A sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacteria (Treponema pallidum). The condition is often asymptomatic in the early stages but one or more sores may be present in the early stages. Untreated syphilis usually results in remission of visible symptoms but further severe damage may occur to internal organs and other body tissues which can result in death.
• Thiamine deficiency: Dietary deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine)
• Timolol - Teratogenic Agent: There is evidence to indicate that exposure to Timolol during pregnancy may have a teratogenic effect on the fetus. A teratogen is a substance that can cause birth defects. The likelihood and severity of defects may be affected by the level of exposure and the stage of pregnancy that the exposure occurred at.
• Transient global amnesia: Sudden, short-term memory loss

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