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Patients with many other clinical entities may present with amnesia and these may need to be ruled out before the diagnosis of TGA can be made.

Patients with a recent head injury or known active epilepsy are excluded.

There must be no accompanying focal neurological symptoms or signs, and epileptic features must be absent.

Clouding of consciousness and loss of personal identity must be absent and cognitive impairment must be limited to amnesia. The following are common symptoms of different types of amnesia: impaired ability to learn new information (anterograde amnesia) impaired ability to remember past events and previously familiar.

Clear- cut anterograde amnesia must be present during the attack.

Attacks must be witnessed and information must be available from a capable observer.

The recommended criteria for the diagnosis of TGA are: The average age of patients with TGA is 62 ( range: 47-80) and the mean duration of the episode is 5.7 hours, with a range of 20 minutes to 20 hours. The individual may be disoriented to place and time, may recognize that something is wrong, and may become distressed at this realization. In transient global amnesia ( TGA) the individual does not lose consciousness but does lose the ability to form new lasting memories. Amnesia can be treated if detected early can be treated once the doctor focuses on the underlying condition. Transient global amnesia: A passing episode of short-term memory loss without other signs or symptoms of neurological impairment. There are several symptoms of amnesia but the major symptoms to watch out for includes memory loss,inability to form or make new thoughts, difficulty in reading facts, ideas, places and even sometime people.