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What are the latest advances in Visual Snow?
Here you can see the latest advances and discoveries made regarding Visual Snow.
I currently am not aware of treatment for Visual Snow.
Posted May 28, 2017 by Leonardo 2000
Following the EyeOnVision foundation. Jen will update as research continues. Visual Snow on facebook for personal medical updates.
Posted Jun 4, 2017 by Jayden 1410
Recent studies are working on the source but pharmaceutical treatments are hit or miss.
Requires a lot more research.
Requires a lot more research.
Posted Oct 2, 2017 by Rrakusin 2000
"Visual rehab". Not exactly mainstream, but it exists.
Posted Jan 12, 2018 by Max 3550
Not sure to be honest
Posted May 28, 2019 by Labnjab 2500
Apparently anti seizure medication and vitamines do the trick. Don't take medication without asking the doctor first.
Posted Sep 3, 2019 by Yasmine Elsen 2500
Researchers are conducting larger studies and doing brain imaging with a specialized type of PET scans and have been able to locate hyperactivity in specific brain areas in VS patients. Diagnosis criteria are being established and information is being disseminated throughout the Neurology And Optometric Communities slowly.
Posted Sep 4, 2019 by Denali 2550
Neuroscientists have recently found how visual processing is disrupted in VS.
Posted Sep 14, 2021 by Kay 2670
ssociate Professor Joanne Fielding and colleagues are making headway on clarifying the underlying neurological cause of Visual Snow Syndrome. We feature an overview of her recent and forthcoming research here.
A little over three years ago, Monash University Department of Neuroscience researchers Associate Professor Joanne Fielding and Professor Owen White were given a $140,000 to fund research into a neurological condition that was at the time little known and under-researched.
People with Visual Snow Syndrome see the world through a constant overlay of flickering dots passing over their entire field of vision. This persists whether their eyes are open or closed. The incurable condition is not due to eye problems – it’s caused by an unknown brain malfunction.
The donation from the US-based non-profit Visual Snow Initiative (VSI) allowed researchers in the Ocular Motor Research group, including Dr Meaghan Clough and PhD students Emma Solly and Paige Foletta, to conduct a suite of studies using simple eye movement tasks.
Associate Professor Fielding said the team had been busy, notwithstanding COVID-19. Last year, they published three papers on VSS. Two of the studies extended and supported the findings made in a breakthrough 2020 paper published in Neurology that found that people with VSS moved their eyes much faster than healthy controls towards a suddenly-appearing visual stimulus, and when asked to look away were more likely to erroneously move their eyes towards the stimulus.
“The 2020 paper provided the first evidence of objective and quantifiable behavioural changes in patients with Visual Snow Syndrome,” Associate Professor Fielding said. “It provided concrete evidence that VSS is driven by neurological dysfunction,” she said. “For a disorder that was previously considered psychogenic, this evidence is crucial validation for patients that there’s really something wrong.
A little over three years ago, Monash University Department of Neuroscience researchers Associate Professor Joanne Fielding and Professor Owen White were given a $140,000 to fund research into a neurological condition that was at the time little known and under-researched.
People with Visual Snow Syndrome see the world through a constant overlay of flickering dots passing over their entire field of vision. This persists whether their eyes are open or closed. The incurable condition is not due to eye problems – it’s caused by an unknown brain malfunction.
The donation from the US-based non-profit Visual Snow Initiative (VSI) allowed researchers in the Ocular Motor Research group, including Dr Meaghan Clough and PhD students Emma Solly and Paige Foletta, to conduct a suite of studies using simple eye movement tasks.
Associate Professor Fielding said the team had been busy, notwithstanding COVID-19. Last year, they published three papers on VSS. Two of the studies extended and supported the findings made in a breakthrough 2020 paper published in Neurology that found that people with VSS moved their eyes much faster than healthy controls towards a suddenly-appearing visual stimulus, and when asked to look away were more likely to erroneously move their eyes towards the stimulus.
“The 2020 paper provided the first evidence of objective and quantifiable behavioural changes in patients with Visual Snow Syndrome,” Associate Professor Fielding said. “It provided concrete evidence that VSS is driven by neurological dysfunction,” she said. “For a disorder that was previously considered psychogenic, this evidence is crucial validation for patients that there’s really something wrong.
Posted Mar 14, 2022 by Khaled 3630
