What Is Cognitive Impairment?
Cognitive Impairment Is When a Person Has Trouble Remembering, Learning New Things, Concentrating, or Making Decisions That Affect Their Everyday Life...
Cognitive impairment is when a person has trouble remembering, learning new things, concentrating, or making decisions that affect their everyday life. Cognitive impairment ranges from mild to severe.
What are examples of cognitive impairments?
Examples of memory and thinking problems that might be seen in someone with mild cognitive impairment include:
- Memory loss. ...
- Language problems. ...
- Attention. ...
- Reasoning and judgment. ...
- Complex decision-making.
What are the main causes of cognitive impairment?
Causes of cognitive impairment that occur in adults
- Alcohol or drug abuse.
- Brain or spinal cord injury.
- Certain vitamin deficiencies.
- Congestive heart failure (deterioration of the heart's ability to pump blood)
- Dementia.
- Infections.