Trachoma symptoms in children

Whether it is a middle school or an elementary school, the school will organize physical examinations regularly, and one of the routine examinations is trachoma. By having the doctor turn over the student's eyelids, it is possible to effectively observe whether the student has trachoma. Trachoma affects a person's normal vision. In the early stages of trachoma, it is often accompanied by a strong foreign body sensation in the eyes. If a child gets trachoma, what are the symptoms?

What are the symptoms of trachoma in children? If you are a careless parent, you should pay more attention to it in your daily life! If your baby has the following symptoms in life, then there is a high possibility that he or she will suffer from trachoma! Then you must treat it in time!

First, trachoma can be divided into mild and severe cases. However, when trachoma first occurs, it is mild and the patient only experiences itching, a foreign body sensation and a small amount of secretions. In severe trachoma, especially when the cornea is affected or there are other complications, irritation symptoms such as photophobia, tearing, and pain will appear; vision loss is often related to the degree of corneal involvement.

Second, as trachoma continues to worsen, the specific symptoms will manifest as follows: first, the child's conjunctiva becomes congested and thickened, and the normal transparency disappears; the papillae are enlarged and the conjunctival surface is rough; the follicles proliferate and the corneal pannus forms, that is, new blood vessels appear at the upper edge of the cornea and extend into the cornea, developing from top to bottom like a curtain. In severe cases, it can invade the entire cornea; scars are formed, and as the inflammation is absorbed, the connective tissue proliferates and the eyelid conjunctiva is completely replaced by scars.

Many times, it is this small disease that will bring many unnecessary symptoms after it worsens! So what are the complications of trachoma? It usually causes acute conjunctivitis, chronic dacryocystitis and lacrimal duct obstruction, trachomatous keratitis and corneal ulcers. The sequelae include: entropion, corneal opacity, blepharoplasty, etc.