In a Nutshell:
- Lynley Hood, an 80-year-old author from New Zealand, accidentally regained her vision, lost to glaucoma 12 years ago, during a placebo treatment for her chronic back pain.
- Participating in a University of Otago study, Lynley was part of the placebo group receiving superficial scalp electrical stimulation. Remarkably, after four weeks, her vision restored almost to full capacity, a result that left her ophthalmologist stunned.
- Intrigued by this unforeseen recovery, the study team, led by Dr. Divya Adhia, plans to conduct further research into how scalp electrical stimulation might aid in restoring eyesight, potentially leading to a revolutionary breakthrough in treating blindness.
In a surprising twist of medical events, a placebo treatment designed to alleviate chronic back pain inadvertently restored the vision of an 80-year-old blind woman.
Lynley Hood, from Dunedin, New Zealand, an award-winning writer, had lost her eyesight over a decade ago to a rare form of glaucoma and found the world in color once again thanks to a back pain treatment study at the University of Otago.
Hood’s journey into darkness started 12 years ago when her left eye suddenly became blurry while reading a book.
Assuming it was due to fatigue, she retired for the night, only to wake up to a world that hadn’t regained its clarity.
She was soon diagnosed with a rare form of glaucoma and informed by her doctors that there would likely be no improvement in her condition.
Hood eventually became legally blind, which put a pause on her passion for reading and writing.
But life had an unexpected plot twist in store for Hood.
A painful fall in 2020 fractured her pelvis, leading to severe back pain, which strangely, became the pathway to her unexpected vision recovery.
This incident led her to participate in a chronic pain treatment research project conducted by the University of Otago.
The project, split into two groups, involved participants undergoing electrical stimulation sessions while wearing specially wired helmets.
One group received electrical stimulation directly to the brain, while the placebo group, including Hood, received superficial scalp-level stimulation.
Unbeknownst to her, Hood was in the placebo group.
After just four weeks of electrical stimulation, Hood discovered her vision had returned to nearly 100%.
The dramatic improvement left even her ophthalmologist astounded, who couldn’t resist but call it a “miracle.”
“Miracle is not a word we use very often in science, but it was — an accidental miracle,” project co-leader Dr. Divya Adhia told the Otago Daily Times.
“It wasn’t the intended outcome, but to see that my research has actually made an impact on people is incredible.”
Having lived with severely impaired vision for over a decade, Hood is now readjusting to a life that’s in clear sight.
With her vision restored, she is eager to return to her love for writing.
“At first, I thought I was imagining it,” Hood said, expressing disbelief at the return of her sight.
She detailed how the electrical currents, traced by advanced equipment, stimulated her retina, sparking an array of signals down her optic nerve and restoring her vision.
The intriguing question of how the electrical stimulation managed to bring Hood’s eyesight back remains unsolved, but Dr. Adhia and her team are eager to find out.
They’re now planning another study to understand this unexpected visual resurgence better, potentially opening a new window of hope for others living with blindness.
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Bcel
March 2, 2020 at 9:38 am
I’m confused , if the pope is God than why does he succumb to the things of this world? Is it that he’s just a man when he puts his pants on one leg at a time just like we do . The papal system has been lying to us all along. It’s time we wake up. Good morning world.
Luaghin Atyou
March 2, 2020 at 1:16 pm
The pope is not god. according to Catholics he is the head of the church and directly talks with god. Still weird but different then being god.
Further he is a fraud. This pope is so hypocritical he says the USA (no one else; just the USA) should have no borders. Have you seen the Vatican? its a walled fortress. He has armed guards everywhere, but he is against Americans having guns. So he needs multiple walls and a bullet proof car, but Americans should not have any protection at all.
For centuries the Catholics have said only humans have souls. Yes, you love your pet but Catholics said no soul for your puppy. This pope decides there are sins (sins require souls) against nature. So in one statement is goes against every pope who supposedly talked to god and says trees have souls. That makes the catholic church a pagan religion. Doesn’t matter to me but want a fricken hypocrite!
This pope is a lying piece of garbage, he has desperate to be part of the cool crowd, and is going to hell when he dies of the corona-virus. He has proven no pope ever talked to god and got a response. He has proven the whole boy raping catholic church is a fruad. Now hopefully the poopy pope hack up a lung.
BJ Stone
March 2, 2020 at 11:14 pm
The Pope is not God, nor does he talk with God. Jesus was the last person in all of the Bible to talk with and to God and still does bc He sits at the right hand throne with God. Catholics have it all wrong. Please read “In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.”
John 1:1-5 NLT
Lily (I walked away)
March 2, 2020 at 1:20 pm
Yup the catholic church has definitely had its run. Every pope since that polish guy has been a ridiculous loser. They seem to be trying to look cool for young people, but it simply does not work and makes them look more ridiculous every day.
Pope tear down that wall!!! Get rid of your guards. Dump that pope mobile. Prove to us you mean what you tell us Americans to do.
Randy Roy
March 2, 2020 at 1:22 pm
Good job! It does make the popes words sounds stupid doesn’t it.
BJ Stone
March 2, 2020 at 11:16 pm
Hi Lily, The Roman Catholicism church has decieved many. Reach out when you want to know truth.
James13
March 2, 2020 at 1:26 pm
Aaaww the pope is sick; maybe has the corona 19 virus. It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy! Oh yes it could. I know several people I believe are much nicer people then the pope.
I suppose they have some special hospital in that little Armed guarded WALLED city the pope lives in. They will probably be working 7/24 on him. special health care that Americans don;t get since Obama ruined our health care.