In response to a series of overseas research reports showing that exposing the eyes to red light can slow the progression of myopia, a group from Tokyo Medical and Dental University conducted the first clinical trial in Japan to investigate whether it is effective in children. I started researching.
Clinical research is being conducted by a group led by Professor Kyoko Ohno of Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
In many cases, myopia occurs when the depth of the eye, the “ocular axis,” lengthens, and the image is focused in front of the retina, which perceives brightness, color, and shape.
When children with myopia were exposed to red light regularly for one year, the lengthening of the eye axis and the progression of myopia were suppressed by about 70% compared to children who were not exposed to the light. Last year, a group from Sun Yat-Sen University in China published a paper on the effects of this method.
In Professor Ohno's group, 30 people between the ages of 8 and 18 with severe myopia were asked to look into a special device that emits red light for 3 minutes twice a day. I'm going to try and verify it.
This is the first clinical study of its kind in Japan, and Professor Ohno said, "Almost no side effects have been reported, and it has been reported to be more effective than conventional treatments for myopia. We have also elucidated the detailed mechanism of why it is effective, and we hope that it will lead to the corona crisis. I want to be able to use it to treat myopia in children, which is rapidly increasing in Japan."