Agnosia

Agnosia: Introduction

Agnosia: Agnosia is a rare disorder characterized by an inability to recognize and identify objects or persons despite having knowledge of the characteristics of the ... more about Agnosia.

Agnosia: Agnosia is a loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells while the specific sense is not defective nor is there any significant memory loss. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Agnosia is available below.

Symptoms of Agnosia

• Inability to recognize objects
• Inability to recognize people
• Inability to recognize sounds
• Inability to recognize a familiar sound
• Inability to recognize a familiar shape
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 9 symptoms of Agnosia

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Agnosia:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Related Home Testing:
  • ADHD -- Home Tests
  • Drug Screening Kits
• more tests...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Agnosia

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Wrongly Diagnosed with Agnosia?

• Misdiagnosis of Agnosia
• Failure to diagnose Agnosia
• Hidden causes of Agnosia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Agnosia

Agnosia: Self Assessment Tools

• Stroke -- Self Assessment Tools
• more tools...»

Agnosia: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Agnosia:

• Stroke
• Brain
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Agnosia: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Undiagnosed:
  • Adult ADHD -- Undiagnosed - ADHD can be undiagnosed in adults.
  • ADHD -- Undiagnosed
  • Alzheimer Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Migraine -- Undiagnosed
  • Concentration Disorders -- Undiagnosed
  • Stroke -- Undiagnosed
  • Bipolar Disorder -- Undiagnosed
  • Schizophrenia -- Undiagnosed
  • Epilepsy -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Agnosia

Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness because he suffered from sudden inability to speak. This was initially misdiagnosed as a ...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions, such as a stroke...read more »

Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms of severe brain injury are hard to miss, it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild concussion diagnosis. The...read more »

MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked. This is particularly true of mild traumatic...read more »

Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed. It may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease or ...read more »

Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return. A variety of symptoms can occur in post-concussion syndrome and these...read more »

Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients. These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines can also occur in children. See ...read more »

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Agnosia: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists):
  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery (Child Neurosurgeon)
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Neurodevelopment Disabilities
  • Neurosurgery (Brain Surgery)
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (Nerve/Muscle/Bone Specialists)
  • Neuroradiology
  • Vascular Neurology
  • Neuropathology
  • Otology / Neurotology (Ear/Hearing Specialists)
• Stroke & Vascular Specialists:
  • Vascular Neurology (Brain Blood Vessels)
  • Vascular & Interventional Radiology
  • Vascular Surgery (Blood Vessel Surgeon)
  • Neuropathology (Brain Diagnostics)
• Senior Health Specialists (Geriatrics):
  • Geriatric Medicine (Senior Health Specialist)
  • Geriatric Psychiatry (Senior Mental Health)
• more specialists...»

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Agnosia: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Rare Types:
  • Adult ADHD -- Rare Types
  • ADHD -- Rare Types
  • Alzheimer Disease -- Rare Types
  • Migraine -- Rare Types
  • Concentration Disorders -- Rare Types
  • Stroke -- Rare Types
  • Bipolar Disorder -- Rare Types
  • Schizophrenia -- Rare Types
  • Epilepsy -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Agnosia

• Brain damage
• Stroke
• Dementia
• Neurological disorders (see Cognitive impairment)
• Apallic syndrome - agnosia
• more causes...»

See full list of 9 causes of Agnosia

More information about causes of Agnosia:

• Underlying causes of Agnosia
• Agnosia as a symptom

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Patient Surveys for Agnosia

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Prognosis for Agnosia

Prognosis for Agnosia: Agnosia can compromise quality of life. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Agnosia Information Page: NINDS)

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Statistics for Agnosia

• Medical statistics for Agnosia
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Agnosia
• Death and Mortality statistics for Agnosia
• Society statistics for Agnosia

Agnosia: Broader Related Topics

• Brain conditions
• more types...»

Types of Agnosia

Stories from Users Related to Agnosia

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User Interactive Forums

Read about other experiences, ask a question about Agnosia, or answer someone else's question, on our message boards:

• I can not get a diagnosis. Please help.
• Tell us your medical story.
• Share your misdiagnosis story.
• What is the best treatment for this?
• See all the forums.

Article Excerpts about Agnosia

Agnosia is a rare disorder characterized by an inability to recognize and identify objects or persons despite having knowledge of the characteristics of the objects or persons. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Agnosia Information Page: NINDS)

Definitions of Agnosia:

Inability to recognize objects by use of the senses - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Agnosia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Agnosia, or a subtype of Agnosia, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)