article_snippet.sent: What is retrograde Amnesia?
article_snippet.sent: Amnesia is the name given to a disturbance in the ability to recall stored memories.
article_snippet.sent: The memory loss associated with amnesia can include everything from a person's past or just portions of The memory loss associated with amnesia.
article_snippet.sent: There are several different types of amnesia.
article_snippet.sent: Retrograde amnesia is an inability to remember any events that occurred before the accident or illness.
article_snippet.sent: Usually, the affected person cannot remember events shortly before the affected person accident or illness at all, but the affected person memories of the distant past are intact, and there is a gradient of memory loss between the two extremes.
article_snippet.sent: Retrograde amnesia often lasts for a year, before the patient starts to remember things.