This acute disease is making it space in the world as recently Bollywood actress, Ishq Vishq movie fame Shenaz Treasury shares her story about getting diagnose from the disease prosopagnosia on social media. And her comment box is full of blessings. In the recent interview, Brad Pitt shared in a recent interview that he believes he has prosopagnosia or 'face blindness', a rare disorder where one cannot recognize people's faces. There are many people who do not know much about this disease.
In this article, you will get to know about the disease prosopagnosia or 'face blindness', its symptoms, and cure. So, without any further ado, let’s get to the
What is Prosopagnosia (Face Blindness)?
A brain condition known as prosopagnosia causes face blindness. It is characterized by a lack of facial recognition or differentiation.
Face blindness makes it difficult for certain people to distinguish between the faces of strangers. Some people could even have trouble identifying well-known faces. Approximately 2 percent of the general population is thought to be impacted.
Effects/Symptoms of Prosopagnosia
The inability to distinguish or identify different faces is the most typical sign of face blindness. Relationship building might become more challenging as a result, both personally and professionally. People who have face blindness may find it incredibly challenging to recognize someone who appears in an unfamiliar environment or context.
Minor prosopagnosia patients may just find it difficult to distinguish or recognize the faces of strangers or unfamiliar people. People with moderate to severe face blindness may find it difficult to identify the faces of familiar individuals, such as family members and close acquaintances. People with facial blindness might not be able to recognize their own features in highly severe situations. Depression or social anxiety might result from this.
If you have prosopagnosia, you sometimes won't forget a few faces; it will be a persistent issue that doesn't go away.
When you pick your child up from school or a function, they may: wait for you to wave before approaching if they have facial blindness
When approaching people to go to a certain individual, they pose as you or someone they know
not identify well-known individuals, such as close relatives, neighbors, or family acquaintances, especially when they do so out of context.
- Become too attached or distant in public
- Having trouble keeping up with character stories in movies or TV shows
- having a hard time establishing friends
- appear reserved in school but assured at home
- Many of these signs can be linked to shyness among other factors. If you are worried, consult the pediatrician for your child.
Diagnosis of Prosopagnosia
Your family doctor will recommend a neurologist if you are having problems recognizing faces.
You could be required to undergo a test by the neurologist to gauge your capacity for face feature recognition. The evaluation could gauge your capacity for:
- identify familiar or unfamiliar family members' faces.
- When you see sets of faces, take note of any variances or similarities in the characteristics on the faces.
- identifying emotional clues in a group of faces
- Analyze a group of faces for information such as age or gender
Physicians may assess probable facial blindness with the Warrington Recognition Memory of Faces (RMF) and the Benton Facial Recognition Test (BFRT). However, the results of these exams might not be completely accurate in identifying face blindness. According to one study, facial blindness was not truly linked with irregular scores. The advice of a doctor is far more helpful.
Additionally, there are a ton of internet tests that make the claim to be able to identify facial blindness. If you're worried, you're better off speaking with your doctor because many of these are unreliable or invalid.
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