Rare autoimmune disorder masquerades as eye problem, nearly blinds Singapore woman

Patient experienced significant vision loss and permanent partial blindness despite treatment; faces ongoing visual limitations affecting daily activities and mobility.

In the quiet routine of a cashier's daily life, a curtain of darkness descended over one eye — and what seemed like a need for new glasses revealed itself as a rare autoimmune assault on the nervous system itself. Tan Lee Chern, a 58-year-old Singaporean woman, was diagnosed with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, a condition in which the body turns against its own central nervous system, threatening blindness and paralysis with urgent speed. Her story sits at the intersection of medical fragility and human resilience, illuminating how a single timely referral, a recently approved drug, a

Rare autoimmune disorder masquerades as eye problem, nearly blinds Singapore woman

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