While IIH can be a deleterious condition leading to visual worsening or even blindness, it is also associated with reduced quality of life due to severe headache [27]
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Vision loss may increase or change over a few weeks but should stop progressing after two months, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, an association of eye physicians and surgeons
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