Anton Syndrome

Definition

Definition of Anton Syndrome
A form of anosognosia in which a person with partial or total blindness denies being visually impaired, despite medical evidence to the contrary. The patient typically contrives excuses for the inability to see, such as suggesting that the light is inadequate.

Symptoms

Symptoms of Anton Syndrome
Individuals who suffer from Anton syndrome are considered “cortically blind”, but insist they are capable of seeing even with evidence of their blindness. Blindness is usually dismissed by the suffered of Anton syndrome through confabulation. This type of symptom is commonly seen after a stroke, but could also occur after experiencing head injury. Anton syndrome can be caused by damage in the portion of the brain responsible for detecting the absence or presence of vision or damages to the part of the brain responsible for eyesight.

Causes

Causes of Anton Syndrome
The sudden development of Anton syndrome can usually produce temporary psychical and physical effects wherein patients experience mental confusion. Relatives of patients with Anton syndrome usually does not know that the patient has become sightless because sufferers of this condition normally do not volunteer the information about becoming blind. Instead, the patient misleads everyone around him by talking and behaving as if he still has vision. Anton syndrome patients will accept that he has a disorder only when he collides with furniture around the house, fall over objects and becomes incapable of finding his way around. Many sufferers of Anton syndrome also describe objects and people around him, which are actually not present.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis of Anton Syndrome
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Treatment

Treatment of Anton Syndrome
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Prognosis

Prognosis of Anton Syndrome
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Prevention

Prevention of Anton Syndrome
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