Blackout

From Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia written in simple English for easy reading.

In medicine, the word Blackout is a form of amnesia. The amnesia may be complete or partial. Such an amnesia can be provoked by

  • stress for example, before an examination.
  • alcohol: People suffering from such a conditions may also lose consciousness for a certain time.
  • interrupting the supply of oxygen or blood to the brain
  • Injuries to the brain
  • Various illnesses

After the cause is gone, usually full mental powers are restored. There may be a blank in memory though.

This short article can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.

This is a disambiguation (listing) page — a page which lists other pages with similar names. If a page link brought you here, you might want to go back and fix it to go directly to the correct page.
In other languages