How do I recognise and manage visual snow syndrome?

Visual snow syndrome (VSS) is becoming increasingly recognised by clinicians and self-diagnosed by our patients thanks to online search tools. Previously this phenomenon was overlooked or dismissed leading to increased patient anxiety. Now, however, we need to be careful with that we are not making...

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Published inEye (London) Vol. 38; no. 12; pp. 2253 - 2256
Main Author Fraser, Clare L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.08.2024
Nature Publishing Group
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Anxiety
Drug use
Female
Hallucinations
Hallucinogens
Humans
Laboratory Medicine
LSD
Lysergic acid diethylamide
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Migraine
Ophthalmology
Patients
Perceptual Disorders - diagnosis
Perceptual Disorders - physiopathology
Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology
Review
Review Article
Snow
Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Syndrome
Vision Disorders - diagnosis
Vision Disorders - physiopathology
Visual Acuity - physiology
Visual perception
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Summary:Visual snow syndrome (VSS) is becoming increasingly recognised by clinicians and self-diagnosed by our patients thanks to online search tools. Previously this phenomenon was overlooked or dismissed leading to increased patient anxiety. Now, however, we need to be careful with that we are not making what would seem to be an easy diagnosis of VSS when actually we are missing any underlying or mimic conditions.
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ISSN:0950-222X
1476-5454
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DOI:10.1038/s41433-024-03059-4