waiting times

Hospital Particular Alvor

00h04m

Urgent Care

Hospital Particular Gambelas

00h09m

Urgent Care

00h00m

Paediatrics

Hospital Particular da Madeira

Over 1H30

Urgent Care

00h00m

Paediatrics

Madeira Medical Center

Unscheduled Medical Care

Glaucoma

Glaucoma

 

Glaucoma is a medical condition that encompasses eye diseases that damage the optic nerve, which is responsible for transmitting information from the eye to the brain. This disease can cause vision damage without any symptoms and is therefore considered a silent and progressive disease.

If the optic nerve is damaged and the diagnosis is made late, it can lead to blindness. Glaucoma is one of the main causes of blindness worldwide, and in Portugal, it affects around 100 thousand people.

 

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