I won’t come back to the ER for glasses again

He was a 24-year-old African American man with no history of medical or eye problems.   On an ordinary Thursday evening at 8 p.m., he arrived into the emergency department complaining of a sudden loss of vision in both eyes.

“He couldn’t see a thing on our chart.  Vitals are fine, pupils are equal and reactive, and the rest of the neuro exam is unremarkable,” the emergency room attending briefly explained.  “Can …

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