Short-term memory loss
Short-term memory loss: Introduction
Short-term memory loss: A condition which is characterized by the loss of a persons short term memory.
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Short-term memory loss: Symptom Checker
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Medications or substances causing Short-term memory loss:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Short-term memory loss as a symptom.
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including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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medications causing Short-term memory loss
Drug interactions causing Short-term memory loss:
When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react
causing Short-term memory loss as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Imipramine and Baclofen interaction
- Antipress and Baclofen interaction
- Apo-Imipiramine and Baclofen interaction
- Impril and Baclofen interaction
- Imprin and Baclofen interaction
- Janimine and Baclofen interaction
- Novo-Pramine and Baclofen interaction
- more interactions...»
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drug interactions causing Short-term memory loss
Short-term memory loss: Comorbid Symptoms
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Short-term memory loss
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Short-term memory loss: Deaths
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Misdiagnosis and Short-term memory loss
Alzheimer's disease over-diagnosed: The well-known disease of Alzheimer's disease
is often over-diagnosed.
Patients tend to assume that any memory loss or...read more »
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for
a patient to show mental decline to dementia.
Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions,
such...read more »
Tremor need not be Parkinson's disease: There is the tendency to believe that
any tremor symptom, or shakiness, means Parkinson's disease.
The reality is that there are various possibilities, such as benign essential tremor,
which is mostly harmless.
see the...read more »
Rare diseases misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease: A rare genetic
disorder is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease for men in their 50's.
The disease Fragile X disorder can show only mild symptoms in the early years,
and Parkinsons...read more »
Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition
that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed.
It may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease or dementia (such as ...read more »
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Short-term memory loss: Related Rare Diseases
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Short-term memory loss: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Detailed list of causes of Short-term memory loss
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How Common are these Causes of Short-term memory loss?
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not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Short-term memory loss.
Of the 22
causes of Short-term memory loss that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 2
causes are "very common" diseases
- 2
causes are "common" diseases
- 3
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 3
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 18
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Short-term memory loss
Conditions listing medical symptoms: Short-term memory loss:
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have 'Short-term memory loss' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
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Conditions listing medical complications: Short-term memory loss:
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Short-term memory loss or similar
listed as a medical complication in our database.
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and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
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Causes of Short-term memory loss Based on Risk Factors
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on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Classifications of Short-term memory loss:
Medical Conditions associated with Short-term memory loss:
Forgetfulness (342 causes), Alzheimer's-like symptoms (32 causes), Memory symptoms (523 causes), Dementia (394 causes), Cognitive symptoms (3664 causes), Neurological symptoms (9575 causes), Behavioral symptoms (4608 causes), Brain symptoms (2787 causes), Mental problems (3121 causes), Nerve symptoms (9132 causes), Personality symptoms (4029 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes)
Symptoms related to Short-term memory loss:
Forgetfulness (342 causes), Alzheimer-like symptoms, Memory symptoms (523 causes), Korsakoff's syndrome, Thiamine deficiency, Chronic alcohol abuse, Persistent vomiting, Intestinal obstruction (98 causes), Malabsorption (219 causes), Puerperal sepsis, Metastatic carcinoma, Transient global amnesia, Head injury (3 causes)
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Short-term memory loss
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