Trachoma - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Oct 21, 2020 — Trachoma is the leading preventable cause of blindness worldwide. Find out about symptoms, treatment and prevention of this serious eye disease.
Trachoma - Wikipedia
Trachoma is an infectious disease caused by bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. [2] . The infection causes a roughening of the inner surface of the eyelids. [2] . This roughening can lead to pain in the eyes, breakdown of the outer surface or cornea of …
Trachoma - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oct 5, 2022 — Trachoma is a disease of the eye caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. It is a public health problem in 42 countries, and is responsible for the blindness or visual impairment of about 1.9 million people. Blindness from trachoma is irreversible.
Trachoma: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
Trachoma is a bacterial infection that starts out being a little bit like pink eye (conjunctivitis), with symptoms of redness, irritation and discharge. Your provider can treat trachoma with an antibiotic in the early stages of the disease.
What Is Trachoma? - American Academy of Ophthalmology
Feb 12, 2024 — Trachoma is an eye infection affecting both eyes. It is the world’s leading cause of infectious blindness. A bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis causes trachoma. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), trachoma has caused the visual impairment of 1.8 million people. Of those people, 450,000 are irreversibly blind.
Trachoma - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
Oct 21, 2020 — Trachoma is the leading preventable cause of blindness worldwide. Find out about symptoms, treatment and prevention of this serious eye disease.
Trachoma - EyeWiki
Trachoma is the most common infectious cause of blindness in the world caused by recurrent ocular surface infections and secondary scarring of the ocular surface by the bacterial organism Chlamydia trachomatis.
Trachoma - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf - National Center for ...
Apr 20, 2024 — Trachoma is a debilitating eye disease caused by the Chlamydia trachomatis bacterium and is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. Trachoma predominantly affects the conjunctiva, and the infection results in inflammation, roughening, and scarring of the inner surface of the eyelids, along with erosion of the corneal surface.
Trachoma - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jul 31, 2023 — Trachoma is a disease of the eye and the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. It is caused by an obligate intracellular bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis. Infection is transmitted from person to person by direct or indirect transfer of ocular and nasal discharges of infected people; indirect transfer includes carriage on the ...
Trachoma Eye Causes, Stages, Types, Transmission & Diagnosis
May 8, 2023 — Trachoma is a contagious bacterial infection that affects the surface of the eyes. Over time, scar tissue or ulcers can form that lead to blindness. Around 1.9 million people worldwide are blind or visually impaired by trachoma, and it …
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