Amnestic Disroders
Sat, 02/28/2009 - 15:27 — saif
Amenestic Disorders
-effecting just memory
-have an underlying cause (like delirium)… so fix underlying cause to fix the memory problems.
-some causes: pretty much anything that effects the brain: hypoglycemia, thiamine deficiency (Wernike’s), hypoxia, head trauma (obvious), brain tumor, stroke (CVA), Herpes simplex encephalitis, Multiple Sclerosis