Focus and Concentration

What is difference in concentration and focus?

Concentration is what you do with your intention. Focus is where you choose to concentrate. For example, you made the decision to concentrate on your spreadsheet rather than answer emails. Concentration means processing a task deeply, like losing yourself in the complexity of a string of computer code. -- https://www.betterup.com/blog/focus-vs-concentration

Concentration difficulties can be caused by medical, cognitive or psychological problems or may be related to sleep disorders or medications, alcohol or drugs. Psychological conditions that can interfere with concentration include anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, emotional trauma, and stress.

Medical causes of concentration difficulty

Concentration difficulty may be caused by medical conditions including:

• Congestive heart failure (deterioration of the heart’s ability to pump blood)

• Head trauma

• Heavy metal poisoning

• Infections

• Kidney disease (which includes any type of kidney problem such as kidney stones, kidney failure, and kidney anomalies)

• Liver disease (which includes any type of liver problem such as hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver failure)

• Medication side effects (improvement may take time after drug discontinuation)

• Metabolic disorders and certain vitamin deficiencies

• Pain syndromes

• Seizure disorders

• Sleep apnea (pauses in breathing during sleep)

• Stroke

• Vision disorders

Cognitive causes of concentration difficulty

Concentration difficulty can also be caused by cognitive problems including:

• Attention deficit disorder
• Delirium
• Dementia
• Learning disabilities

Reference:

• healthgrades.com/right-care/symptoms-and-conditions/concentration-difficulty