Types of memory impairment: anterograde amnesia, retrograde amnesia, and mild cognitive impairment

Discussion on Memory Impairment
One of the most difficult events of the brain to handle and even reverse is the problem of memory loss. Psychology still struggles to explain the reasons to such memory loss and also to find a permanent solution to the problem.
One type of memory loss is known as the anterograde amnesia. This type of memory loss leaves the victim able to remember only the events in the distant past but unable to recall those in the recent past. These individuals display difficulty in learning new ideas or things and are unable to form new memories. Anterograde amnesia often results from traumatic events that the patient undergoes at a given time and after the trauma they are unable to remember anything happening after it. On the opposite of it is the retrograde amnesia which is the inability for the patient to remember details or events that took place before the trauma, it is a memory wipe.
The other type of memory loss is the Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) which often takes place among the aging generation. In this case, the memory loss is seen to be more severe than the rate at which it is considered to be normal for the aging process. Here, the memory loss is measurable though that loss does not in significant way impair the daily life of the patient hence not severe enough to be diagnosed as dementia. Frequently, the MCI patients memory loss does not get worse. It is estimated that 12-15% of the patients with MCI eventually develop Alzheimer’s disease. Mild cognitive impairment is also known to negatively impact on the judgment, language ability as well as reasoning of the patient (Coleman N., 2018).