Experts raise concerns as glaucoma cases surge in Plateau

Medical experts successful Plateau State person raised superior concerns implicit the complaint astatine which glaucoma is spreading successful the state, with implicit 4,000 cases recorded successful the past year.

According to Prof. Alice Ramyil, an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology astatine Jos University Teaching Hospital, JUTH, the expanding fig of patients suffering from glaucoma successful the authorities has go worrisome particularly arsenic galore residents bluntly garbage to question aboriginal aesculapian attraction oregon acquisition regular oculus examinations to forestall avoidable blindness.

Ramyil raised the alarm portion speaking connected Monday astatine a seminar successful Jos arsenic portion of activities marking the World Glaucoma Week, with the theme, ‘Uniting for a Glaucoma-Free World’.

She warned that galore patients lone observe they person glaucoma erstwhile important imaginativeness nonaccomplishment has already occurred.

The ophthalmologist noted that much than 4,000 glaucoma patients were already receiving attraction successful the authorities successful 2025, with hundreds of caller cases being detected annually.

She stated that glaucoma remains 1 of the starring causes of irreversible blindness worldwide and often develops silently without noticeable symptoms successful its aboriginal stages, informing that galore patients lone observe they person glaucoma erstwhile important imaginativeness nonaccomplishment has already occurred.

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