Korsakoff syndrome
Alcohol-induced forgetting
Korsakoff syndrome is a chronic memory disorder caused by severe thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency, most commonly resulting from long-term alcohol abuse.
The condition produces severe amnesia—patients cannot form new memories and often cannot recall recent events, though older memories may remain intact.
A hallmark is confabulation: patients unknowingly fill memory gaps with fabricated information.
After years of heavy drinking, he developed Korsakoff syndrome and could no longer remember conversations from minutes before.
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
- memory lossFailure to recall
- thiamineVitamin B1
- vitamin B1Water-soluble essential micronutrient
- alcoholIntoxicating hydroxyl compound
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- amnesiamemory loss, anterograde amnesia, retrograde amnesia, dissociative amnesia, memory gaps
- Brain Disordersdementia, Alzheimer's, epilepsy, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's disease
- cognitive disordersdementia, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment, vascular dementia
- SyndromesGuillain-Barre, restless leg, irritable bowel, IBS, chronic fatigue
- B vitamin deficiencypellagra, beriberi, thiamine deficiency, B12 deficiency
- thiamine deficiencyberiberi
Korsakoff syndromemental clarity
Sharpness of thought
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Degenerative brain condition affecting memory