Beginners Guide to MS
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Multiple Sclerosis: Cognitive Dysfunction
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What Is Cognitive Dysfunction?
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"I looked at the sheet of paper in
front of me. I had been doing the same calculations for years and
suddenly, nothing on the paper made any sense to me. My mind was a
blank." |
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There is no single description which fully encompasses the term,
'cognitive dysfunction'. It really applies to a whole raft of
different problems and issues associated with and related to;
intellectual functioning.
What is Cognition?
As a general description, you can think of cognition as applying to
memory and thinking. More specifically, cognition describes the way
our brains: |
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Cognitive Difficulties
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Time to introduce some of the difficulties, other than
brain fog and
memory problems, which can occur with
multiple sclerosis: |
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Verbal fluency and language
skills can be impaired |
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Intellectual reasoning can
be impaired |
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Inability to learn quickly |
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Poor problem solving
abilities |
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Information processing can
be slowed |
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Poor concentration |
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Sounds like a bad report card, huh? Most of the cognitive problems
listed tend to happen at different times and usually not all at
once, and, the good news is that the
majority of people who experience cognitive problems will only
have relatively minor difficulties requiring (mostly) minor
adjustments. |
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| Next:
Emotional Issues |
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