So what is the cause of myopia? There are many causes of myopia, which can be divided into congenital factors (influence ratio about 30%) and acquired factors (influence ratio about 70%). Congenital factors include genetics and race. If the parents are severely myopic, the risk of their children developing myopia can be as high as 78%. Acquired factors are mainly affected by lifestyle habits and living environment. The most important ones are excessive use of the eyes at close range for a long time and bad eye habits, which can cause myopia or worsen the degree of myopia.

The risks of high myopia that you don’t know!

According to the World Health Organization's standards, myopia of more than 500 degrees is considered "high myopia". In fact, high myopia poses a great risk to eye health. In addition to affecting children's daily life, learning and sports performance, the probability of suffering from eye diseases in the future will be greatly increased. Because as the degree of myopia increases, the length of the eye axis will cause the retina to become thinner and thinner, and the chance of developing eye diseases will increase many times, such as several common eye diseases: glaucoma, cataracts, floaters, astigmatism, retinal degeneration, retinal detachment, macular degeneration, etc.

Therefore, if parents find any problems with their children's eyes, please promptly see an optometrist or eye specialist for a detailed examination to understand the situation so that effective follow-up can be made to improve it.