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Jul 11, 2022 14 tweets 8 min read
1. 👉 #TWEETORIAL 👈 join us to discuss Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (#IIH) - a rare disease of unknown cause characterised by high pressure around the brain - it is a debilitating condition which affects mainly young women
#IIH #headaches #tweetorial #MedTwitter @IIHUK 2. Women of childbearing age with obesity are mainly affected, though men can be affected too. Though rare, the incidence is rising in line with the global obesity epidemic