I believe it was “medicinal” punishment for any number of past sins.
I believe it was “punishment” in the sense that “at the time,” it seemed like “a curse” or a “bad break.”
I believe it was “of God” because it saved her life.
God’s ways are not our ways. Angels are sentient beings far higher in intellect than we (they were given only one test: “friend or foe?”). That is straight from Frank Sheed’s “Theology and Sanity.”
Nuff said.
What about the vindictive punishment/pain inflicted by bad angels? God knows about that happening to people also. How is it determined who gets medicinal punishment, or who gets vindictive punishment? Sounds like medical ailments are relative to what a person has done in his life.