record china December 11, 2024 (Wednesday) 16:00 Chinese media China Blue News reported on the 10th that “a woman’s eyesight dropped to 0.1 after long-term use of a Japanese eye drop that is popular on the Internet.” According to the article, Ying, a 27-year-old resident of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, developed dry eyes and other symptoms such as bloodshot eyes after working at a computer for long periods of time. So I used a proxy purchasing service to buy some Japanese eye drops that were popular online. When I applied the drops to my eyes, I felt a cooling sensation, my dry eyes were relieved, and I felt like my eyes were less congested. However, after continuing to use the product, he began to experience a gritty sensation and redness in the eyes, so he went to see an ophthalmologist. After the examination, it was discovered that his eyesight had deteriorated to 0.1. The doctor diagnosed the condition as drug-induced corneal epithelial damage caused by tetrahydrozoline hydrochloride, an ingredient in the eye drops. They explained that “tetrahydrozoline hydrochloride” is an adrenaline compound, and that frequent use of it can lead to eye diseases. The article did not explain the specific product name of the “Japanese eye drops” or how good Mr. O’s eyesight was to begin with. The topic briefly became the number one trending topic on the Chinese social networking site Weibo. Internet users commented, “I’m afraid to use Japanese products,” “This has become such a big deal, so please report the product name,” and “What an idiot.” Do you think everything made in Japan is good?” “He was so blindly convinced of Japanese products that he was in his 20s…poor thing.” “Japanese medicines are said to be ‘effective’ because they contain large amounts of ingredients.” “A lot of things made in Japan are of poor quality. Just the packaging is good. I bought cutlery, facial cleanser and a hair dryer, but the quality was worse than the cheap products sold at Chinese supermarkets.” On the other hand, comments such as, “I use (Japanese-made eye drops) every day, too,” “I used them all four years of university,” “Maybe she didn’t follow the dosage instructions,” “You should follow the dosage instructions for any eye drops and stop using them once treatment is complete,” and, “It’s always best to ask your doctor about using medicine,” “You should be careful with eye drops,” “This case is a warning against blindly trusting popular products on the internet,” have also been posted. (Translated and edited by Kitada).
These kinds of hoaxes have been increasing rapidly in China and Korea recently. They say it’s made in Japan, but they can’t say which manufacturer it is. At this point, it’s definitely a hoax. If it were true, they would have to take measures such as suspending imports, so it’s unlikely that the manufacturer would be unable to say anything.
>>13 I saw a Chinese person upload a post on an overseas reaction site about fake Japanese products being sold in China, and it was hilarious because it was full of weird Japanese.
When I went to read the instructions for the medicine, it said, “Over-the-counter medicines to relieve congestion do not provide a fundamental treatment if the cause of congestion is inflammatory disease, but they may make the condition worse by giving the illusion of cure, so their use should be avoided in cases of inflammatory disease.” So I surmised that the punchline was that the cause was not actually dry eyes but some kind of conjunctivitis.
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