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SSOH, Often Mistaken for Glaucoma: Why You Keep Hearing “Nothing Has Changed”
“I’ve been going to the eye doctor for years, but every time all I hear is ‘nothing has changed.’ I don’t really understand what hasn’t changed, and it worries me.” I sometimes hear this from patients who have been told they have superio... -
Glaucoma Eye Drops: Types, Side Effects, and What to Do If You Miss a Dose
"I'm now using three kinds of eye drops and can't tell which is which." "If I forget my morning drop, should I use two in the evening?" These are questions patients who use glaucoma eye drops often ask in the exam room. There are many ki... -
Uveitis Treatment: From Eye Drops to Biologics, Stages and Side Effects
"How long will treatment last?" "Can it be cured?"These are the questions we are asked most often by patients who have been diagnosed with uveitis. When the eye drops are reduced, the eye turns red again. When oral medicine is started, y... -
Corneal Clouding After Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis (Hayari-me): When Treatment Runs Long
Hayari-me (epidemic keratoconjunctivitis) is very common this year, and at our clinic we feel that many patients have corneal clouding that lingers. A child catches hayari-me, the parent who nursed the child catches it too, and many fine... -
Alcohol and Glaucoma: “The Optic Nerve Is Made of the Same Cells as the Brain”
“My blood tests say my liver values are fine. So drinking is okay, isn’t it? ”Alcohol may affect the optic nerve through pathways that liver function tests cannot evaluate. It has become clear that alcohol can affect the optic nerve, an ... -
Children’s Myopia, Changing Times: From “Eye Drops and Training” to “Axial Length Measurement”
“When I was a child, I was told I had ‘pseudomyopia’ and used eye drops. I also went to training sessions where I looked at a distant landscape through a machine. What was all that?” This is a question parents sometimes ask me in the exa... -
How Myopia Control Works: The Shared Blur Called “Peripheral Defocus”
“MiSight®, orthokeratology and myopia control glasses look and are used so differently. How do they differ, and in what way?” This is a question parents often ask me in myopia control consultations. These three treatments look quite diff... -
Looking at Myopia Progression by “Speed”: Introducing the OA-1 Axial Length Measuring Device
“I was told my glasses prescription hasn't gone up, but is my myopia really settling down?” In July 2026, Takeru Eye Clinic began using the Tomey optical axial length measuring device “OA-1” to measure axial length in children's myopia m... -
“Could It Be Hayari-me?” How to Tell Whether the Test Is Positive or Negative
“It may be hayari-me, so please have your eyes checked at an eye clinic.” Not a few patients come to us after being told this at a nursery school, kindergarten, or school. In fact, hayari-me is often a disease that cannot be confirmed on... -
Deciding Myopia Control Treatment with Your Child and Family: The Idea of SDM
“Which myopia control treatment works best?” This is something parents often say when they consult us about myopia treatment. There is no single “best” answer. The right choice changes with the child's pattern of axial length growth, age...
