Cause of event of Global amnesia ?

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The discussion centers on the potential link between unusual alcohol intake and episodes of global amnesia. A scenario is presented involving a non-alcoholic individual who consumes small amounts of red wine over two weeks, leading to memory lapses, including forgetting to apply the car hand brake and neglecting to pick up house keys. Ultimately, the individual experiences a total amnesia episode lasting approximately six hours. Participants emphasize that while the correlation between alcohol consumption and memory lapses is worth exploring, definitive medical diagnoses are not provided in the forum.

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Cause of event of Global amnesia ??

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the person is normally non- alcoholic;

over a two week period a bottle of red wine is consumed in small amounts

a'memory laps' seems to occur with the individual' forgetting' to apply the car hand brake on three occassions

over another two week period the individual consumes, again in small amounts each day, another bottle of red wine

individual notices lapse of 'memory' in neglecting to pick up house keys on three separate occassions

In this scenario the BIG event then comes where the individual has total amnesia for about 6 hours

In your view could these events be caused by the unusual alcohol intake ?
 
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