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Amnesia is a term used to describe a serious loss of memory. There are several types of amnesia, such as transient global amnesia, retrograde amnesia, dissociative amnesia, infantile amnesia, anterograde amnesia, and post-traumatic amnesia. The causes of amnesia can be psychological causes, such as dissociative amnesia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and neurological causes such as brain tumors, epilepsy, alzheimer's disease, head injuries, stroke, viral infections, and certain medications. The symptoms that are noticed in amnesia can be difficulty in remembering faces and names, difficulty in remembering events that happened to them, difficulty in remembering locations, and difficulty in remembering upcoming activities or events. Diagnosis of amnesia can be done with neurological examination, physical examination, blood tests, MRI scan, CT scan, spinal tap or lumbar puncture, and electroencephalogram (EEG). Management of amnesia is done through medications, cognitive rehabilitation therapy, and supportive care for daily activities.