Visual snow syndrome

[Fakher123]

Visual Snow Syndrome (VSS), also known as Visual Snow (VS), is a neurological condition that has devastating effects on an individual’s vision, hearing, and cognitive functioning. Once believed to be rare, it now known that thousands of people from around the world of all ages and walks of life are affected by it. Most often, the condition causes people to process visual information abnormally, making normal life more difficult for them. Patients see flashing lights, flickering dots, and static, all of which obstruct their visual field 24/7. There is no relief for them, even when their eyes are closed.
What differentiates Visual Snow symptoms from other fleeting phenomena is that they are constant, not temporary, meaning that they do no go away on their own. The condition also has an array of non-visual symptoms.
Visual Symptoms:
• Snow-like dots all over the field of vision
• Small floating objects or flashes of light
• Sensitivity to light (Photophobia)
• Continuing to see an image after it is no longer in the field of vision (Palinopsia)
• Seeing images within the eye itself (Entoptic phenomena)
• Other visual effects such as starbursts, halos, and double vision (Diplopia)
Non-Visual Symptoms:
• Ringing, humming, or buzzing sounds (Tinnitus)
• Feeling detached from yourself (Depersonalization)
• Symptoms of anxiety and/or depression can sometimes develop as a result of having to deal with a constant medical condition like Visual Snow Syndrome
• Muscular pain/headaches

[talkhealth]

Hi Fakher123 ,

Thank you for posting this information on the forum, interesting read.

Regards

talkhealth

[Prycejosh1987]

Nothing can eye drops cannot handle. Speak to the optician.