![]() There is a fry pan on the stove, a dirty plate in the sink, and a half-full coffee pot. Yet it is obvious to the daughter that her father has safely arisen from his bed, there is evidence that he has showered, and he is dressed appropriately and shaved. He begins to ask repeated questions about "why." and "when." and "how." Her father has no recollection of what has happened and can't even recall getting out of bed. An example is a daughter who leaves her elderly father at home in bed early in the morning and comes home at lunch to find her father walking around the house completely confused and disoriented. He anxiously checks his vehicle and his money and to his amazement, deduces that he has driven his taxi more than 100 miles in the last several hours, without any evidence of an accident, probably picking up other passengers as he has taken more than $320 in fares.Ī witness will typically describe that the person with transient global amnesia suddenly begins to act strangely and appears confused and disorientated. Here's an example: a taxi driver remembers having breakfast, picking up a passenger outside a suburban train station at about 9 AM, and then next 'comes to' in his taxi, alone, at 4.30 PM on the other side of town. Amnesia means a loss of memory.īecause a transient global amnesia episode or 'attack' is defined by its severe amnesia, what happens during the attack can only be described by a witness, as the patient has no recollection of the event. ![]() Global means that the loss of memory is severe and often total. Transient indicates that what happens is brief and, importantly, that the symptoms resolve completely. The term transient global amnesia describes what happens in an attack and was coined in the 1950s because no one could confidently explain the mechanism. However, transient global amnesia does not have the sinister implications of a transient ischemic attack, it is not the precursor to a stroke. It is often wrongly diagnosed as a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or 'mini' stroke. ![]() Transient global amnesia is a unique and relatively common neurologic event that is poorly understood and frequently misdiagnosed.
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