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After suffering a whiplash injury,you may become concerned by blurry vision or disorientation when moving.
However, experiencing some degree of eye problem after a whiplash injury is not uncommon.
Seventy-three percent of the patients studied by Van Nechel et al, all of whom had suffered their injuries in a rear-end vehicle collision, complained of disrupted vision.
Some had trouble observing near-by objects, others suffered double-vision or felt dizzy or disorientated when objects around them moved. A number of the patients even suffered oscillopsia, which is when a person's vision seems to sway or is blurred.
Oscillopsia is described in an NHS introduction to the clinical problems of dizziness, vertigo and imbalance as "an illusion that the world moves as the patient moves, eg. bobs up and down as the patient walks," but a milder version of the disorder may only involve a blurring of vision.
Personal injuries which might affect neurological function, such as a sharp movement of the neck and head in a road traffic accident, can consequently result in a form of oscillopsia.
Research has shown that in some cases oscillopsia symptoms should fade and an individual will regain their usual vision and balance, but this is more likely to happen in young patients who develop the problem as a child.
The brains of those who suffer childhood oscillopsia will often adjust a person's image of the world to function around the disorder, meaning that the individual is not affected even though they still have the problem.
However, for those patients who begin to suffer as adults, as a result of whiplash injury perhaps, or whose conditions do not improve, the effective course of treatment is still under debate.
The use of a type of toxin called botulinum injected into the patient, for example, has been tested with apparent success for most but not all individuals. Similarly a basic optical device has been experimented with, but only two of the 14 individuals studied noted an improvement in their sight.
Many experts believe that there is no cure and only ways of improving the lives of people with the disorder will be forthcoming.
Often, suffering from a whiplash injury doesn't just involve a stiff neck. Symptoms and their severity vary depending on the individual and the force and direction of impact during the accident which caused neck injury.
If you are suffering from whiplash and any of its many symptoms, such as oscillopsia, after a non-fault collision, one of our no win no fee solicitors could help you claim 100% compensation for your pain and loss of earnings.
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