How Taking a Selfie Ended Up Saving One Woman's Life

An Overnight Visit

Unfortunately, papilledema is a persistent disease and can attack the body in different ways depending on the person. It can appear in bursts or it can linger for long periods at a time. The doctors treating Laura couldn't determine a root cause, which made it idiopathic. She stayed in the hospital overnight just to be safe and went home the next day...

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