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No, in the majority of cases. The majority of myopia is [[lens-induced]] in the world. Question why [[Wikipedia:natural selection]] has failed so terribly it's resulted in eye defects in huge swathes of the population, two billion in the world. | No, in the majority of cases. The majority of myopia is [[lens-induced]] in the world. Question why [[Wikipedia:natural selection]] has failed so terribly it's resulted in eye defects in huge swathes of the population, two billion in the world. | ||
The Ministry of Healh in Singapore says: {{xt| | The Ministry of Healh in Singapore says: {{xt|“The prevalence of myopia in Singapore is among the highest in the world, with 65 percent of our children being myopic by Primary 6, and 83 percent of young adults being myopic.”}}<ref>https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlights/details/speech-by-dr-lam-pin-min-senior-minister-of-state-for-health-at-the-opening-of-the-singapore-national-eye-centre-s-myopia-centre-16-august-2019#:~:text=2.,of%20young%20adults%20being%20myopic</ref> How did their ancestors survive to lead to the current generation if myopia is generally so disadvantageous to an organism's survival? | ||
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{{jake says|No. And yes. | |||
Myopia has two primary causes (or stages). Ciliary (focusing muscle) spasm, also referred to as pseudo myopia, or near-induced transient myopia. It then becomes lens-induced myopia if you start wearing glasses. | |||
The degree to which your myopia will increase with the second (lens-induced) stage, depends on genetics to some degree.}} | |||
===Is infant myopia normal?=== | ===Is infant myopia normal?=== | ||