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Author: Klaus Podoll, Markus Dahlem, Sofia Greene 30. November 2007
Edited by: Klaus Podoll, Markus Dahlem, Sofia Greene

Improving factors of persistent aura

George Frederick Watts, Hope, 1885.

Factors improving the intensity of persistent aura symptoms in at least some subjects include somatic factors like pharmacotherapy and proper hydration, factors affecting the visual input (i.e. visual rest, using a flashlight in a dark room, dark glasses, colored overlays, looking through the window of a car, watching TV) and psychotherapeutical techniques such as stress reduction, cognitive-behavioural therapy, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, visualization, distraction and masking techniques. In general, trying to live a busy lifestyle and not focus on symptoms may help to increase the likelihood of them decreasing.

The knowledge of these potentially improving factors obviously bears therapeutical implications for persistent aura sufferers. However, due to the great variability of the spontaneous course of persistent aura without infarction and/or differences in subjects' responsiveness to the various factors, the same improving factor which seems to be effective in one subject may prove uneffective for another. The sufferer is not to blame for that, the illness is to blame.

Improving factors of persistent aura symptoms

Definite PAWI

Possible PAWI

Possible PAWI

All PAWI

Hydration

Visual rest

Using flashlight in dark room

Dark glasses

Colored overlays

Looking through car window

Watching TV

Stress reduction

Cognitive behavioural therapy

Mindfulness-based cognitive Therapy

Visualization techniques

Distraction techniques

Masking techniques

Living a busy lifestyle

Stopping focussing on symptoms

"Owning" visual snow

"I am a big fan of experimenting. In the case of VS, I really think it is a way of 'owning' the disorder. You're sort of facing it straight on, but at the same time you make yourself sort of a detached observer. I think it helps in dealing with the whole thing psychologically."

(SopuliSusie [subject #405], Yuku forum Visual snow or static - General discussions - Confirmation of relationship between sound and my VS, April 6, 2008)

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