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What does anosognosia mean?

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Noun
  1. The inability of a person to recognize his or her own illness or handicap.
  2. (pathology) Failure to be aware of a defect or deficit resulting from disability, due to brain injury (e.g. Anton-Babinski syndrome).
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One of the characteristics of Alzheimer's and dementia is a loss of self-awareness, which is called anosognosia.
The weekly magazine Paris Match reported that Mr. Chirac suffers from anosognosia, meaning a memory loss that the sufferer himself is unaware of and unable to recognize.
Because of a phenomenon known as anosognosia, certain psychotic and manic individuals do not recognize their symptoms.
A 21-year-old woman with a history of gravida 3, para 2, and abortus 0 was presented to the emergency department with acute left hemiparesis, dysarthria, and anosognosia.

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