![]() ![]() People with a history of migraines have a Sometimes changes of temperature can pose as a trigger for the attack, especially changes from warm to cold. In some cases (up to 50%), symptoms may be preceded by physical effort (e.g. The cause of Transient Global Amnesia remains largely unknown. After symptoms subside, patients may suffer a slight headache and experience problems The ability to move or speak also remains intact. People know who they are, and where they live for instance. During the attack, the ability to recognise family or loved ones is not impaired, and older memories are still intact. ![]() ‘Is it three O’clock already?’ since they do not remember time passing. Patients often wonder about the time when seeing a clock Often heard questions are ‘Where are we?’ or ‘How did I get here?’. TheĪnswers to these questions are forgotten within seconds to minutes. Patients tend to ask the same questions over and over, often in an identical manner. Usually, the retrograde amnesia restores itself and memories from before the attack willĭuring the attack, patients may be frightened, agitated, and confused. Memories are formed for the duration of the attack, causing a gap in your memory once the attack subsides. Because of the anterograde amnesia, no new You may not, for instance, remember speaking to people or other events several days or weeks before the attack. Memories for events during the attack in general do not return.ĭuring the attack, the loss of memory may be ‘anterograde’, describing the inability to form new memories, as well as ‘retrograde’ meaning a loss of memory for a Even though your ability to store new memories will return quickly, your Loss of memory may be frightening, in general memory restores in less than 24 hours without any residual symptoms. When this loss of memory happens suddenly, and gets better quickly, we refer to this as Transient Global Amnesia. Luckily, in general symptoms only last a short while. Individuals between the ages of 50 and 80 years, with a mean age of onset between 60 and 65 years, women are affected slightly more often than men.įor you and people around you the episode of memory loss can be very frightening. It happens to 5-10 people per 100.000 persons every year, and to 23.5 to 32 per 100,000 per year among those 50 years and older. The doctor spoke to you about your sudden loss of memory, called ‘Transient Global You have visited the emergency department or neurologist in the hospital. ![]()
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