Amnesia Archives - B.Positive Magazine

March 24, 2011 Posted by AlexandriaM in Be Healthy

Help I can't remember what I did!!!!! Could you have Amnesia?

Hey guys I know it has been a while since I have posted but I am finally back with another health topic, Amnesia.

Yesterday I was watching Dr. Phil of Opera Winfrey’s new network “OWN” and they had a featured guess who suffered from what appeared to be a serious case of Amnesia. The un-named male was found beaten and stranded in a lot located in the state of Georgia. A psychiatric nurse found him unconscious and sought out to get him medical help. As I began to watch the segment unfold I could not help but think, “ What’s so special about this story it just sound like a “Good Samaritan” who was destined to help this man.” Suddenly the story took a twist, upon him gaining his conscious back the man had no recognition of his life prior to the traumatic incident that had taken place. The nurse found herself in a situation because the man did not know his prior life therefore she could not contact his family to give them notice of his location and his health status. Given her background as a psychiatric nurse she began to recognize the clinical signs of Amnesia and wanteddesperately to help the man get his life back and more importantly reconnect with his family.