What is Balint's syndrome?

Balint's Syndrome is a poorly understood disorder of one's visual and spatial processing. Key characteristics include inability to perceive the visual field as a whole, difficulty in fixating the eyes, and inability to move the hand to a specific object by using vision.

How do members experience Balint's syndrome?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with Balint's syndrome*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for Balint's syndrome*

Who has Balint's syndrome on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 0
30s 0
40s 0
50s 0
60s 0
70+ 2

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 1
Female 1

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What is Balint's syndrome?

Balint's Syndrome is a poorly understood disorder of one's visual and spatial processing. Key characteristics include inability to perceive the visual field as a whole, difficulty in fixating the eyes, and inability to move the hand to a specific object by using vision.



Common symptoms reported by people with Balint's syndrome

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for Balint's syndrome

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Compare treatments taken by people with Balint's syndrome

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Who has Balint's syndrome on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 4 say Balint's syndrome is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 0
30s 0
40s 0
50s 0
60s 0
70+ 2
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 0
20-29 years 0
30-39 years 0
40-49 years 0
50-59 years 0
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 1
Female 1

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 0
Not Diagnosed 0

These charts show data from Balint's syndrome patients who have completed their condition history
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