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What Causes Loss Of Memory?

Hi Doc. My mom had stroke 3 years ago. She's now 65 yrs. old. She has memory loss and often time forget recent events but the past events which is a decade old, she still remembers. she still know us by faces and names. only the events she forgets and also dates. Can she still recover and enjoy a normal life?

                                                                 
Mon, 29 Sep 2014
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dear
it seems your mother is suffering first symptoms of dementia
I reccomend you to schedule a neurological consult and brain MR
regards
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What Causes Loss Of Memory?

dear it seems your mother is suffering first symptoms of dementia I reccomend you to schedule a neurological consult and brain MR regards