Symptoms of trachoma in children?

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Trachoma is a kind of conjunctival keratitis, mainly because of the infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, infectious. Some parents find that their children are always rubbing their eyes and go to the hospital to have an examination before they know that they have trachoma. In fact, as long as we know the symptoms of trachoma in children, we can judge it. Symptoms of trachoma in children? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Symptoms of trachoma in children?

Trachoma in children is often acute, presenting with acute follicular conjunctivitis and enlarged preauricular lymph nodes, which is difficult to differentiate from viral acute follicular conjunctivitis. Acute trachoma should be considered if it lasts more than 3 weeks and does not subside. The diagnosis can be made by laboratory examination of inclusion bodies or isolation and culture of Chlamydia.

Got a mild trachoma, the feeling is not very obvious, often in the physical examination was the doctor turned eyelids found. The surface of conjunctiva is rough and uneven, and follicular hyperplasia may be formed in severe cases. In the early stage of the disease may have itching and slight foreign body sensation, easy to shed tears or get up in the morning. If not, it will lead to corneal pannus, entropion and trichiasis, dry eye, corneal opacity and other diseases, resulting in decreased vision and even blindness.

When trachoma develops to severe stage, it will appear entropion, trichiasis, dry eyeball, symblepharon and other symptoms. These symptoms can cause meibomian plate hypertrophy and deformation, make the eyelashes inverted (inverted eyelashes), stimulate the cornea like a brush, make the cornea congested, edematous and ulcerated, and are easily attacked by viruses and bacteria, leading to corneal infection. As time goes on, the cornea is cloudy and the vision is not clear. In addition, after conjunctivitis scar, lacrimal gland secretory gland was destroyed, resulting in corneal dryness, less tears, bactericidal ability decreased, and finally lead to blindness.

matters needing attention

Children's trachoma symptoms are more obvious, parents and friends should have understood more clearly. If the child got trachoma, parents and friends must pay enough attention to it, so as to avoid irreparable consequences due to not taking the child to treatment in time.