Priya Alexander
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We're actually causing great goodness on the ground.
I see what you've done there.
So I have seen transient global amnesia, or TGA is the acronym, easier to say, possibly three times when I was working in the hospital system.
And people get this sudden onset of memory loss where they will ask the same questions again and again and again.
What are we doing today?
It's the same questions.
actual cognitive decline.
They haven't got any other motor symptoms.
So it's not like a stroke.
It doesn't increase your risk of a stroke.
It's a separate entity.
And the weird thing is, Belle, is that it can occur out of the blue.
And often it can have a precipitant can be a significant emotionally taxing episode or stress.
And the symptoms last less than 24 hours.
It's bizarre, but it's a diagnosis of exclusion.
I remember when I was on these medical wards, you must exclude everything else.