# Can you become myopic from staring at computer screens?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-become-myopic-from-staring-at-computer-screens/98170>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 14, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-become-myopic-from-staring-at-computer-screens/98170 "2002-03-14T01:44:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-become-myopic-from-staring-at-computer-screens/98170/21 "2002-03-19T11:09:13Z")

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whoops sorry nukeman, I actually meant to direct my comments at barbitu8. Teach me for skimming the posts too fast

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**Author:** ![Nukeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Nukeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nukeman)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-become-myopic-from-staring-at-computer-screens/98170/22 "2002-03-19T13:32:14Z")

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no problem. From what I’ve read, myopia is not the same as short sightedness. Myopia is a particular type of short sightedness, caused by a long eyeball, as barbitu8 describes earlier. However, people do not agree as to whether it can be caused by environmental factors. I would argue that it can however, though genes may cause it, or control how bad it gets.

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