Damage to the fusiform gyrus of the temporal lobe, for example,
causes face blindness, and stimulation of this same area causes people to see faces spontaneously.
Not exact matches
Many patients
face delayed diagnosis and treatment, meaning the disease progresses and
causes further ill health and risk of complications, for example myocardial infarction,
blindness, and stroke, which are difficult and expensive to treat.
A direct hit in the
face with a skunk's pungent defense can
cause temporary
blindness.
Also, excess wrinkles of skin on the
face can rub on the eye,
causing lesions and, potentially,
blindness.
The withdrawal of IFHP coverage put Daniel's vision at risk and
caused him considerable psychological stress as he
faced the prospect of no longer being able to support his family due to
blindness and his inability to pay for the sight - saving surgery.
Prosopagnosia, commonly called
face blindness, is a cognitive disorder (typically, but not always,
caused by acute brain damage) wherein the patient is unable to distinguish between
faces.