What causes aphasia?

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What causes aphasia?

Aphasia can happen with any condition that damages the brain. It can also happen with problems that disrupt your brain’s functions. Possible causes for this include:

  • Alzheimer’s disease.
  • Aneurysms.
  • Brain surgery.
  • Brain tumors (including cancer).
  • Cerebral hypoxia (brain damage from lack of oxygen).
  • Concussion and traumatic brain injury.
  • Dementia and frontotemporal dementia.
  • Developmental disorders and congenital problems (conditions that you have when you’re born because of a problem while you developed in the womb)
  • Epilepsy or seizures (especially if these cause permanent brain damage).
  • Genetic disorders (conditions you have at birth that you inherited from one or both parents, such as Wilson’s disease).
  • Inflammation of your brain (encephalitis) from viral or bacterial infections, or autoimmune conditions).
  • Migraines (this effect is temporary).
  • Radiation therapy or chemotherapy.
  • Toxins and poisons (such as carbon monoxide poisoning or heavy metal poisoning).
  • Strokes or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs).

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