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 * Amnesia **

Amnesia is an official term for the memory loss disease. It is one of the harmful brain diseases that cause an extremely forgetfulness in a victim besides difficulty in memorizing the previously learned information. This essay will investigate the causes, effects and some of the useful treatments of this dangerous disease.

First, there were a lot of researches done by doctors around the world for the purpose of looking into the causes of amnesia. Most researches showed that amnesia is usually caused by two main factors. The first factor is related to physical injury such as, external and internal trauma to the head which is usually caused by a hard car accident or a blow to the head for instance. The second main cause of amnesia is the psychological factor. Certainly the psychological factor it is related to the emotional events that caused by experiencing some terrible events. For example, seeing people dying and experiencing a death of a dear person could be logical reasons for suffering from amnesia. In addition, there are other causes of amnesia such as Seizures and a bad diet which may cause later amnesia.

These causes effect amnesia people negatively. First, they have difficulty to learn new information, it is hard for them to recall previously information. Moreover, they may be disoriented and confused. For example: they will mixed retrograde and anterograde amnesia, may be a motorcyclist unable to recall driving his motorbike prior to his head injury. Furthermore, it will affect them at work, in school, even in social settings. Sometimes the memory loss is severe enough to necessitate a supervised living situation. There are some solutions for this sickness. To treat this sickness, cognitive rehabilitation may be helpful in learning strategies to cope with memory impairment. Also, emotional support and addressing dietary deficiencies are recommended for them, it may help them. Moreover, Psychotherapy can be helpful for people whose amnesia is caused by emotional trauma, like a therapist or by counseling them.

To conclude, amnesia is a very serious problem. There are many societies which face this problem. It can eliminate by different ways. It is great to support amnesia people and sharing with them loves and help them in different ways.