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Storm Newton

Woman who lost vision from rare condition hails ‘phenomenal’ new treatment

Nicki Guy took part in a study for a new treatment for hypotony (Nicki Guy/PA) - (PA Media)

A woman who lost her vision due to a rare condition before having her sight restored with injections that pumped up her eye has described the treatment as “phenomenal”.

Nicki Guy suffers from hypotony – or low eye pressure – and was the first patient to have her eye injected with a low-cost gel used in most surgeries, as part of a project led by experts at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London.

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