What is dyslexia?

Dyslexia is a broad term defining a learning disability that impairs a person's fluency or accuracy in being able to read, speak, or spell which can manifest itself as delayed language production, speech articulation difficulties, and difficulty remembering names of letters, number and colors.

How do members experience dyslexia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with dyslexia*

*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 dyslexia*

Who has dyslexia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 9
20s 33
30s 52
40s 72
50s 48
60s 29
70+ 8

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 79
Female 161

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What is dyslexia?

Dyslexia is a broad term defining a learning disability that impairs a person's fluency or accuracy in being able to read, speak, or spell which can manifest itself as delayed language production, speech articulation difficulties, and difficulty remembering names of letters, number and colors.



Common symptoms reported by people with dyslexia

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 dyslexia

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Compare treatments taken by people with dyslexia

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Who has dyslexia on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 46 say dyslexia is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 9
20s 33
30s 52
40s 72
50s 48
60s 29
70+ 8
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 114
20-29 years 5
30-39 years 0
40-49 years 3
50-59 years 0
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 79
Female 161

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 131
Not Diagnosed 21

These charts show data from dyslexia patients who have completed their condition history
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