Look For: Forgetting familiar routes back home, difficulty following multi-step recipes that have been prepared for many years, or losing track of the season, month, and date.
What Causes It: Damage to or degeneration of the hippocampus, which is the main center for memory formation, results in difficulties in acquiring new information while long-term memory remains well functioning at the beginning.
2. Unexplained Changes in Balance, Gait, or Coordination
Neurology is not confined only to brain functions as the central nervous system can control all muscle activities including fine movements, body balance and muscle tone. The main symptoms of impaired motor system are the presence of stiffness in joints, unsteadiness, shuffling walk, or slight tremors in hands, chin or legs.
What You Should Look Out For: Difficulty of getting up from a low chair, near falls, less swing of arms when moving or troubled motion of hands performing precise movements
