T/CACM 1653-2025 Guidelines for Integrated Prevention and Control of Myopia in Children and Adolescents through a Combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine

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Scope: This document provides guidance on the diagnosis, examination, symptoms, prevention and control principles, strategies, and interventions for myopia in children and adolescents. This document is applicable to the prevention and control of myopia in children and adolescents under the age of 18. This document is suitable for clinicians and professional technicians in all levels of TCM, integrated TCM-Western medicine institutions, ophthalmology, optometry, TCM departments, preventive medicine departments, pediatrics, and other related departments to refer to in clinical and scientific research practice. It is also suitable for health guidance on self-prevention for people with insufficient farsightedness reserve, pre-myopia, and low-degree myopia, as well as for policy makers to use. Main technical content: Foreword II Introduction III 1   Scope 12   Normative reference documents 13   Terminology and definitions 14   Myopia-related examinations 24.1   Neonatal period, infancy, and early childhood (0 weeks to 3 years) 24.2   Preschool children (4 years to 6 years) 24.3   School-age children and adolescents (6 years to 18 years) 25   Diagnosis of myopia 36   Classification and staging of myopia 36.1   Classification of myopia 36.2   Staging according to prevention and control strategies at the public health level 37   TCM syndromes of myopia 47.1   Heart-yang deficiency syndrome 47.2   Qi-blood deficiency syndrome 47.3   Spleen-qi deficiency syndrome 48   Principles and measures for myopia prevention and control 48.1   Prevention and control strategies for the pre-myopia period (precursor state of myopia) 48.2   Prevention and control strategies for the developmental stage of myopia 88.3   Strategies for the prevention and treatment of high myopia and pathological myopia 13 Appendix A (informative)  Schematic diagram of integrated prevention and control guidelines for myopia in children and adolescents 14 References 15

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