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The sclera, the white part of the eye that forms the wall of the eyeball, is rich in collagen and connective tissue. For this reason, inflammation involving collagen-containing tissue:rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, lupus m...

Eye drops that lower eye pressure have long been used as the first-line treatment for glaucoma and ocular hypertension. However, rather than that, it is more effective to perform selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) first: The results o...

○ People with good eyesight (= farsighted people) may have an acute glaucoma attack.○ For people diagnosed with glaucoma, there are medicines that cannot be used (contraindicated). Depending on the characteristics of your eyes, there are...

At Kyushu University’s graduate school I majored in immunology and earned my degree (Medical Institute of Bioregulation).It became an opportunity to think about retinal disease from the perspective of immunology. Medical retina (care of ...

Cover one eye and check how things look. Glaucoma causes noticeable symptoms only after it has progressed considerably.(In other words, most people have no symptoms, such as missing areas in their vision.) Even if the visual field of one...

We place importance on finding keratoconus early. When needed, we choose an appropriate contact lens that does not damage the corneal epithelium. “Strong astigmatism,” “contact lenses don't suit me,” “I still can't see well even with con...

Uveitis (iritis, iridocyclitis): eye inflammation that, even today, has no identifiable cause in half of cases • Autoimmune diseases (diseases in which the body attacks its own tissues)• Infections and more. It is a disease that requires...

Added in 2024 Laser treatment can be effective for glaucoma.Unlike fundus laser treatment, it is characterized by not causing tissue destruction. ○ It lowers eye pressure by improving flow through the eye’s “water channel,” the drainage ...

Smoking can cause certain eye diseases.The main ones are cataract, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration. In 2019 the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) released 13 designs to be printed on cigarette packages. Warnings about ...

In glaucoma care, lowering eye pressure with eye drops, laser or surgery is the standard treatment (a treatment supported by large-scale scientific evidence). Besides eye pressure, factors involved in glaucoma include regulation of blood...