'Headache' diagnosed as rare illness

Dental nurse's life was turned upside down after her eyesight started to fail

GEORGIA Kelsall was just getting started in life when she had her world turned upside down.

The dental nurse had not long turned 21 when she started experiencing strange symptoms including headaches and a bad back.

She visited a GP who prescribed her some painkillers which appeared to solve her medical issues.

But two months later, she woke and realised her eyesight had partly disappeared in a terrifying turn of events.

Georgia, from Chadderton, booked an appointment at her local optician but was immediately referred to an eye hospital.

They feared she had papilledema, the swelling of the optic nerve which connects the eye and brain.

However, it was later discovered that Georgia was actually suffering from something much worse.

Following several stays in hospitals around Greater Manchester, Georgia was eventually diagnosed with an extremely rare condition called neuromyelitis optica.