Is congenital myopia inherited

Myopia is located on the autosome of a pair of gene decision, so is an autosomal recessive inheritance. For the exclusion of acquired environmental factors, 3~6 years old baby if has been found to be highly myopic, is the possibility of inheritance is very large. If both parents are highly myopic, also refers to more than 600 degrees of myopia, myopia to children is the possibility of 40%. If one of the parents is highly myopic, the possibility of myopia transmitted to their children is 20%. If both parents are low-grade myopia, the possibility of transmission to their children is very small. Of course, the cause of myopia is not only congenital genetic factors, but also acquired environmental factors. Congenital genetic factors account for only about 5% of myopia, indicating that 95% of patients form myopia, which is actually caused by acquired environmental factors.