cognitive dysfunction
Thinking ability breakdown
Cognitive dysfunction is impaired mental function—difficulty with memory, concentration, reasoning, or processing information.
The term appears in medical contexts describing symptoms of conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, or long COVID: Patients reported persistent cognitive dysfunction months after infection.
Informally called brain fog.
- Alzheimer's diseaseDegenerative brain condition affecting memory
- diabetesMetabolic disorder affecting glucose
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- chronic stressSustained psychological and physiological pressure
- depressionProlonged low state
hypothyroidism · anxiety disorders · attention deficit · Parkinson's disease · sleep deprivation · senility · sleep apnea · HIV/AIDS · social isolation · multiple sclerosis · sedentary lifestyle · encephalitis · brain fog · fuzzy thinking · chemo brain · long COVID · schizophrenia · traumatic brain injury
- child psychologychild therapy, play therapy, pediatric therapy, developmental milestones, developmental delays
- chronic illnesschronic pain, exhaustion, chronic fatigue, fatigue, malaise
- Pet Psychiatryseparation anxiety, fear response, behavior therapy
- neurologybrain, neuron, neurons, synapse, synapses
- Aftereffectsaftermath, aftershock, fallout, side effects, ripple effect
- anesthesia recoveryrecovery room, waking up, wake up, emergence, vital signs
cognitive dysfunctioncognitive function
Brain's information-processing abilities
cognitive health · mental health · mental acuity · neurological health · sound mind
cognitive dysfunctionmental sharpness
mental clarity · clear thinking · lucidity · mental acuity · quick-wittedness
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