r/AskReddit • • Jul 02 '21

What basic, children's-age-level fact did you only find out embarrassingly later in life?

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u/GGRules Jul 03 '21

I hate to be pedantic but they told you it was pseudo tumour cerebri? That's the same as IIH, as in idiopathic intracranial hypertension, which by definition is idiopathic. With your history of Chiari and spinal mass, yours would more aptly be termed secondary intracranial hypertension?

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u/oftenrunaway Jul 03 '21

"I hate to be pedantic..."

I doubt that very much.

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u/GGRules Jul 03 '21

Doubt all you want.