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Florence Freeman

Girl left blind in one eye after becoming one of three people in UK with rare disease

A seven-year-old girl has been left blind in one eye after developing a bout of chicken pox.

Ruby Hopper is only one of three people in the UK who has acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), a disease brought on by chicken pox.

Her symptoms were misdiagnosed as influenza on four separate occasions.

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