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Is Short Term Memory Loss And Long Term Memory Loss Curable? What Is The Duration For Cure?

My friend had a tumour near the spinal cord and she had a surgery to remove it. But on the next day she started to bleed too much and she lost her memory. Her heart also stopped once. Now she cannot remember anything in the past and she forgets everything happened on the next day. Is both of the short-term and long-term memory loss curable? How long does it take usually? thank you
Tue, 10 Dec 2013
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Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

Your friend most likely suffered from cardio-respiratory arrest, leading to reduced blood and oxygen supply to brain. Loss of blood and oxygen supply to brain results in damage to vital brain areas, including the areas for memory.

The chances of recovery of short term and long term memory depends on the extent of damage to brain, which in turn depends on the duration of stoppage of heart.

In any case, we expect recovery over time.

I hope my reply has helped you.

I would be pleased to answer, if you have any follow up queries or if you require any further information.
     
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,
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Is Short Term Memory Loss And Long Term Memory Loss Curable? What Is The Duration For Cure?

Hi, Thank you for posting your query. Your friend most likely suffered from cardio-respiratory arrest, leading to reduced blood and oxygen supply to brain. Loss of blood and oxygen supply to brain results in damage to vital brain areas, including the areas for memory. The chances of recovery of short term and long term memory depends on the extent of damage to brain, which in turn depends on the duration of stoppage of heart. In any case, we expect recovery over time. I hope my reply has helped you. I would be pleased to answer, if you have any follow up queries or if you require any further information. Best wishes, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) Senior Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, For DIRECT QUERY to me: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar My blog: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.com/