Can postnatal myopia be inherited

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Nowadays, electronic products are more and more attractive to children and adults. Once they have a little spare time or space, they can't help playing with mobile phones and computers from adults to children. As a result, many children are short-sighted. But when you bring it to the hospital for examination, if the doctor sees that both parents of the child are short-sighted, he will consider and even ask the parents about their myopia, so as to exclude whether the child is inherited. Let's discuss this topic together! From many surveys, it is found that both parents are highly myopic, and the probability of children born with myopia is higher than that of only one parent with high myopia.

Can postnatal myopia be inherited

First: according to the survey of experts, if one of the parents of a child is highly myopic, that is, the nearsighted reading is above 600 degrees, then the probability of children's myopia will be higher than that of normal people in the future. Therefore, from a scientific point of view, ophthalmologists do not recommend that men and women with high myopia marry and have children.

Second: whether myopia is inherited or not has a lot to do with congenital or acquired causes. The acquired high myopia caused by improper use of eyes is also called simple myopia. Generally speaking, simple myopia like this is not inherited, but in fact, even if it is simple myopia, if both parents are, children are also prone to myopia, which is called genetic tendency .

Third: the formation of myopia and their own eye habits have a lot to do, such as eye duration should not exceed 45 minutes, there can be more often do small ball games, such as table tennis, badminton, etc., can help move the eyes; there are also in the diet pay attention to eat fresh fruits and vegetables.

matters needing attention

If you are a little short-sighted or your eyes are not short-sighted, you should prevent it early. For example, try not to play with your mobile phone or watch the computer for a long time, and no longer read in the dark or strong light; see more green plants to help ease your eyes; often eat fish, carrots, medlar, chrysanthemums and other good food for your eyes;