Symptoms of trachoma

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Trachoma is very common in life. It is conjunctival keratitis caused by Chlamydia infection. The main symptom is that small particles similar to sand appear inside the eyelid and corner of the eye. There will be obvious foreign body feeling and itching feeling. There is no obvious limitation on the age of onset of trachoma. People of all ages may have trachoma, but it is more common among teenagers. This also has a lot to do with the unhealthy use of eyes for a long time and not paying attention to eye hygiene. Let's talk about the symptoms of trachoma.

Symptoms of trachoma

In the early stage of trachoma, in addition to the appearance of pain and swelling, congestion may appear in the position of eyelid conjunctiva, and the position of fornix conjunctiva may appear unclear tissue, even accompanied by corneal vascular congestion.

In the second and third stage, the eyelid and conjunctiva of trachoma patients will appear scar. Slowly, most of the eyelid and conjunctiva will become scar, and other pathological changes will gradually reduce until the complete termination. In the second and third stage, or the later stage of the third stage, trachoma will no longer be infectious. Trachoma in the performance of chronic disease, there may be repeated infection, and the disease in addition to eyelid ptosis, visual impairment, there may be dry disease or chronic dacryocystitis.

Trachoma is divided into acute and chronic two kinds. The clinical manifestations of acute trachoma are that the patients feel uncomfortable in the eyes, as if there are foreign bodies in it, and often shed tears, and the tears are sticky, and there will be photophobia at the same time. When entering the chronic phase, there won't be too much feeling. If cured, there won't be scar.

matters needing attention

In fact, the current trachoma is generally not very serious, patients had better not worry too much, it is recommended that patients should often clean your eyes, and do not make the eyes too tired. It's good for the recovery of your eyes. It's important to do a good job of cleaning.