Memory loss and brain damage

When most people think of brain damage, memory loss is one of the most common come to mind. Symptoms of traumatic brain injury or traumatic brain injuries are mild to severe memory loss, which is commonly known as amnesia. This may be a temporary condition or permanent a more severe brain injuries.

Temporary Memory Loss and TBI

Some amnesia related to traumatic brain injury is temporary, these patients are often unable to remember what happened just before, during and after their accidents. This is often caused by swelling of the brain as an effect of the damage, which is also known as edema. Because the brain is pushed against the skull, even parts that are not directly injured are unable to function. As the swelling subsides, the patient's memory returns, often slowly over a period of weeks, months or even years. Some patients suffering from traumatic brain injury may have emotional reactions to experience memory loss temporary.

Other, less common types of memory loss resulting from traumatic brain injury are fixed. These are the result of damage to nerves and axons (connections between nerves) of the brain itself. Because the brain can not heal itself like an arm or leg, any function that is damaged during a TBI is permanently impaired unless the brain can learn to perform this function differently. Fixed amnesia may include the inability to remember events before injury, or loss of memory of the meanings of certain things, such as words or smells or objects. Less commonly, a person can not recall skills had before the TBI.

Brain Damage and Amnesia Anteretrograde

A patient with traumatic brain injury can also develop amnesia anteretrograde – An inability to form memories of events that occurred after the injury. The reason for this is not well understood, but an October 2006 study by researchers Children's Hospital of Philadelphia found that LCT reduce levels of a protein in the brain that helps balance your activity. Without enough of that protein, brain can "overload" the researchers said, interfering with memory formation, especially the ability to learn new things.

Options treatment for patients with traumatic brain injury Amnesia

There is no treatment for memory loss caused by a traumatic brain injury, and if memory does not return itself, which has gone forever. Fortunately, a study published in the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology Neurology represented called encouraging results in patients with TBI anteretrograde with memory loss who took a drug called rivastigmine. The drug, sold to patients with Alzheimer's disease with the trade name Exelon, helped patients with moderate to severe memory loss score better on memory tests than other groups of patients who took placebos. Patients who had only mild memory loss was not as successful. If you suffer from memory problems related traumatic brain with injuries, contact an experienced TBI attorney to discuss your options, which may include the presentation of a brain injury claim to obtain compensation for their medical expenses.

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