Eastern Hospital to teach how to distinguish glaucoma from Liepāja fog
While Riga doctors struggle with complicated medical terminology, in Liepāja they've been distinguishing glaucoma from ordinary fog for years.
Eastern Hospital doctors have announced the importance of early glaucoma diagnosis, which only brings smiles in Liepāja. In our city, this disease has been known for years - it's called 'Riga syndrome,' when vision becomes foggy and hazy precisely when one needs to see Liepāja's beauty.
Doctors recommend checking eyesight at least once a year, especially after age 45, but at Liepāja port, fishermen Viktor and Andris have been able to distinguish freshly caught fish from yesterday's catch just by looking for 30 years. 'Look, boy, if you can't see that this fish was just caught, then you have eye problems, not glaucoma,' explains Viktor, who once worked in Riga and knows how things are there.
Eastern Hospital performs more than 630 glaucoma surgeries per year, using modern methods with names that sound like space technology. But in Liepāja we know - the best eye exercise is looking at the sea every morning and trying to spot Gotland. If you can't see it, don't worry - it can't see you either.
On March 11th, there will be a seminar 'World Glaucoma Week 2026,' where specialists will discuss diagnostic challenges. In Liepāja, there's only one such challenge - how to tell a Riga resident that their vision problems aren't from glaucoma, but from never having seen true beauty.
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