myopia
Let an agent explain myopia and its progression in general terms from ophthalmic sources, describe correction and control methods, relay the rising prevalence with attribution, and route personal eye concerns to eye care professionals.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What myopia is.
Definition
Definition and cause.
Definition
Definition.
- What is myopia, and why does light focus in front of the retina? definition
- Is the question about myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism or presbyopia? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- How do simple, high, degenerative and syndromic myopia differ, and does myopia occur in animals? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Care Correction and control.
Correction
Correction.
Correction
Correction.
- How is myopia corrected with spectacles, contact lenses and refractive surgery, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own vision, which needs an eye examination? boundary
Control
Myopia control in children.
Control
Control.
- What do guidelines say about slowing progression with outdoor time, atropine and special lenses, with evidence attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Risks Risks and trends.
Complications
Complications.
Complications
Complications.
- What complications does high myopia carry, and what warning signs need urgent care? provenance
- Is the user describing sudden flashes, floaters or vision loss, which need urgent eye care? boundary
Epidemic
Rising prevalence.
Epidemic
Epidemic.
- Why is myopia rising worldwide, and what do researchers say about causes, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context History and research.
History
History.
History
History.
- How were nearsightedness and its correction understood historically? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of spectacles? action
Research
Research.
Research
Research.
- What research explores genetics, light exposure and new treatments for myopia? provenance
- Which entry fits myopia research? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Other names and narrower kinds
- degenerative myopia, myopia in animals, syndromic myopia
What it is Filled
A refractive error, also called nearsightedness, in which light focuses in front of the retina because the eyeball is too long or the cornea too curved, causing blurred distance vision, usually beginning in childhood and progressing through adolescence, with high or degenerative myopia carrying risks of retinal detachment, myopic maculopathy and glaucoma, and rarer syndromic forms; myopia prevalence is rising sharply worldwide, and it is corrected with lenses or surgery; specific treatments can slow childhood progression, while time outdoors has stronger evidence for reducing the risk of onset than for slowing progression of existing myopia.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain myopia and its progression in general terms from ophthalmic sources, describe correction and control methods, relay the rising prevalence with attribution, and route personal eye concerns to eye care professionals.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Minus lens correction
- Childhood progression
- Rising prevalence
- High myopia risks
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Prescribe lenses or treatments to a specific person.
- Promote eye exercises or products claiming to cure myopia.
- Advise against wearing prescribed glasses.
- Reassure a person with high myopia that sudden vision changes are nothing serious.
Only with a human decision
- Decisions about myopia control treatment or surgery for a person.
May
- Explain myopia, its causes and its rise among children, from eye health bodies.
- Share public guidance such as time outdoors and regular eye tests for children.
- List symptoms that eye care bodies say need urgent attention, such as sudden flashes or a curtain over vision.
Moral aspects Filled
- Uncorrected myopia holds children back at school, especially where eye care is scarce.
- High myopia raises the risk of blinding complications.
Who is affected
- Children
- People with high myopia
- Parents
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the condition; eye care professionals answer for individual care.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q470427 - registry parent class
related
- refractive error - in registry terms
- hyperopia - farsightedness
- corrective lens - with concave lenses
- retinal detachment - when high
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.myopia
- Wikidata: Q168403 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q168403)
- ICD-11: 9D00.0 myopia
- MeSH: D009216 myopia
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- high myopia threshold: worse than -6 dioptres - commonly defined
- projected prevalence by 2050: about 50 percent - of world population, Holden et al. 2016
- prevalence in East Asian young adults: about 80-90 percent - some cities
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Nearsightedness from light focusing before the retina
- Simple, high, degenerative and syndromic myopia; myopia in animals
- Hyperopia is farsightedness; astigmatism is uneven focus; presbyopia is age-related near blur
- Not a visible object; blurred distance vision, corrected by minus lenses.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the condition
- relay correction and control
- relay prevalence trends
- route personal concerns
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Undetected myopia affecting learning
- Complications of high myopia
- Agents giving personal medical advice
- Unproven remedies
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Clinical guidelines on refractive error and myopia control
- Regulation of spectacles, contact lenses, atropine and refractive surgery
- School vision screening programmes
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a refractive error.
- simple or school myopia
- high myopia
- degenerative or pathological myopia
- syndromic myopia in conditions such as Marfan and Stickler syndromes
- myopia in animals such as dogs and horses
- night myopia and pseudomyopia
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q168403: myopia - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Myopia - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should high myopia and myopia control be separate primary entries?
- How should clinical guidelines be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming animal and syndromic forms; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q168403/spec.json