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Booking Visual Field Tests: Using LINE
Changed 2024.8.20: Visual field tests can now also be booked directly online. The past article is kept below. For (follow-up) visual field tests, we ask that you make an appointment whenever possible. It is an important test for followin... -
Fourth Anniversary of Opening: Continuing High-Quality Care in the Takatori Shopping Street
I left immunology research, my years in Boston, and university work, and in 2018 began my present work in the Takatori shopping street.It is a very simple kind of practice: thinking only about the patient. I enjoy studying to gather info... -
The Broad Meaning of “Glaucoma”: A Gradient in the Word
“I was told I might have glaucoma (glaucoma suspect)”“I was told I am pre-glaucoma or borderline for glaucoma”“I was told I have a touch of glaucoma”“I was told I have an enlarged optic disc cup, and when I searched online, it seemed to ... -
Glaucoma Management During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
If you become pregnant while being treated for glaucoma If you develop glaucoma when planning pregnancy Glaucoma in pregnant women: risks at delivery—is a cesarean section better? For most glaucoma eye drops, safety during pregnancy has ... -
Cataract Surgery and Angle-Closure Glaucoma
As a cataract progresses, the crystalline lens becomes larger.An enlarged lens can narrow the angle, the drainage pathway for fluid in the eye: Eye pressure rises→ damage progresses to the nerve tissue in the eye (the retina) For this re... -
Third Anniversary of Opening: Our Practice Policy, “Work That Explains Thoroughly”
Today marks exactly three years since we opened.We are here today thanks to the help of so many people.Thank you so much, always. I decided to do the work of explaining things thoroughly in a small eye clinic without an operating room.Be... -
Retinal Imaging Without Dilation: First Impressions of the Mirante®
Retinal imaging without dilating the pupils turned out to give higher-definition images than I had expected. “I’m dazzled for a while after a fundus examination.” “I can’t drive home after my pupils are dilated.”: inconveniences like the... -
Laser Treatment for Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension: Effectiveness (2020 Clinical Trial Results)
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... -
Glaucoma Card: Farsighted Eyes and the Risk of Acute Glaucoma Attacks
○ 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... -
How to Self-Check for Glaucoma Symptoms: Early Detection (Three Methods)
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...
