Symptom: Disorientation
Disorientation: Forgetting your location or other mental confusion
Introduction: Disorientation refers to the mental symptom of feeling loss or unsure of your location. The symptom is similar to other symptoms and must be distinguished from symptoms such as confusion, concentration difficulty or forgetfulness.
Detailed cause information for symptom: Disorientation:
Medical articles on symptoms: These general medical articles may be of interest:
- Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
- Symptoms and Medical Malpractice
- Medical mistakes and their rates, causes and prevention
- Deaths and sudden death
Symptoms related to Disorientation: forgetfulness (57), memory problems (0), confusion (73), delirium (15), mental problems (105)
Disorientation type of: Mental problems (105)
Symptoms: symptom center, symptom groups, symptom descriptions
Possible causes of symptom: Disorientation: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Disorientation as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.
- Physical conditions that may lead to disorientation or confusion symptoms include:
- Low blood sugar - called "hypoglycemia"
- Hypoglycemic attack
- Insulin shock
- Seizure
- Brain conditions - see details below.
- Psychological conditions that may lead to disorientation symptoms include:
- Panic attack
- High anxiety level
- Anxiety attack - a milder anxiety attack is less likely to cause disorientation symptoms versus a full panic attack.
- PTSD
- Dissociative disorders
- Psychotic disorders - a less common cause of disorientation type symptoms.
- Schizophrenia
- Brain conditions
- Dementia - see also causes of dementia
- Multi-infarct dementia
- Alzheimer's disease - may cause disorientation such as "wandering"
- Brain tumor
- Stroke
- Transient ischemic attack
- Delirium - see also causes of delirium
- Anemia
- Certain medications
- Drug interaction (type of Adverse reaction)
- Memory loss
- Other symptoms that may be mistaken for or related to disorientation include:
Medications or substances causing Disorientation: The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Disorientation as a symptom. This list is incomplete and various other drugs or substances may cause your symptoms. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Certain medications
- Drug interaction
Conditions listing symptoms: Disorientation: The following list of conditions have 'Disorientation' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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