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“I was shown my visual field results, but I can’t tell whether these numbers are good or bad.” What matters most for treatment planning is the current state of the visual field and how quickly it changes over time. What a visual field te...

“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...

"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...

“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 ...

Even when ophthalmologists and orthoptists use the same words as patients, they often understand them in different ways. If these gaps pile up, an explanation may never get across, and you may end up in a state of “I don't know why I'm c...

“I'm too busy with work to come to the clinic. Could you just prescribe my usual eye drops?” We often receive this kind of request in the everyday setting of an eye clinic. Especially since online care spread after the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Many parents must feel anxious as their child’s myopia progresses year after year.Others may be worried about the future health of their own eyes because their own myopia is strong. It is easy to think, “It’s fine because I can see with ...

"My eyes are itchy while I am breastfeeding... but I am worried this eye drop might affect my baby.""I was advised to use eye drops for an eye condition. Do I need to stop breastfeeding?" Many people experience eye discomfort while breas...

Effects of Visual Field Loss on Daily Life and How to Prevent Them Introduction One of the questions glaucoma patients ask most often is, “Is there anything I should watch out for in daily life?” Measures against the risk of falling are ...

In a general medical checkup (ningen dock), fundus photographs are taken.These evaluate only a narrow part of the broad retina, the macula, which is the most important area, and the part containing the optic nerve. Even when they have sy...