Memory losses

Of course, in most cases, dips in memory - it really is effects of alcohol overdose or age-related changes. When alcohol abuse is forgottenevents that occurred within a short period of time (most often after taking large doses of alcohol or just before bedtime). In the morning a person wakes up (well, if one is in his own bed) and does not remember anything! Walked, judging by the hangover, well, but how exactly they walked - no longer remember.

Memory dips in the elderly are most often associated with problems with the cardiovascular system. The blood supply to the brain deteriorates, as a result - memory problems begin or even memory dips start. Dips in memory can be one of the initial signs Alzheimer's disease, which is usually subject to people older than 65 years.

And if you are young, you do not abuse alcohol, you do not have Alzheimer's - and there are still gaps in the memory? Small such. For example, you came from work, very tired, decided to go to the shower, and woke up in your bed in the morning. As you took a shower, put linens, changed clothes and went to bed - you do not remember. Well, you'll think, well, I'm tired, well, with whom it does not happen. Or you call your husband and ask him on the way home to buy sugar. And then go to the kitchen and see that there is a kilogram of sugar on the table. You bought it yourself in the store 15 minutes ago!

Unfortunately, even such small failures - this is not overwork and not ordinary absent-mindedness. Dips in memory can be a sign of serious illnesses - cardiovascular pathologies, disorderscerebral circulation, chronic fatigue, stress, post-traumatic syndrome. Also, "loss of memory" of individual events is observed after epileptic seizures (and such seizures are not always accompanied by convulsions, so they can go unnoticed). Diabetes mellitus in combination with stress can also lead to failure in memory.

If the memory dips single and short-term, try to get around standardways to improve memory: get rid of bad habits, balance the diet and regime of the day, rest more, avoid stress, use methods of memory development. For example, memory problems caused by chronic fatigue and stress (went to the shower - woke up in the morning) should disappear as soon as you relax and stop processing.

But if a healthy lifestyle does not help, and the dips in memory do not disappear, but become more frequent, more and more prolonged intervals of time fall out of memory - it's time for you to see a doctor. There is nothing shameful about this. If we broke a leg, we after all turn to traumatology, where we will be plastered, and we do not think that it will grow on itself. The same with memory - it does not "grow together" itself.

First of all, the doctor will find out whether you have craniocerebral injuries, diseases of the nervous or cardiovascular system. After that, you can send to examination of the brain - computer tomography, magnetic resonance imagingtomography (familiar to us on "Dr. House" CT and MRI), electroencephalography. As soon as the cause of the failure in the memory becomes clear, the doctor will prescribe the appropriate treatment.

First of all, the treatment will be directed to elimination of the cause of failures, t.e struggle with the disease, which led to failure in memory. In addition, the doctor can prescribe drugs to improve memory function (nootropic drugs and neuroprotectors, for example, preparations based on the extract of ginkgo biloba) and exercises for memory training. Note - take these drugs can only be prescribed by a doctor!

Remember, Your health is in your hands!! If you do not ignore even the smallest dips in your memory ("Where are I doing keys? I just held it in my hands!"), You will be able to avoid much bigger health problems.