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Difficulty remembering a fact is a symptom in which a person has trouble remember facts, usually referring to new facts; maybe due to advancing age, anxiety, depression, medicine effects, drug abuse, etc

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

16 year experience in family medicine

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Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

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Common

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