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==Natural History, Complications and Prognosis== | ==Natural History, Complications and Prognosis== | ||
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Untreated, repeated trachoma infections result in a painful form of permanent blindness when the eyelids turn inward, causing the eyelashes to scratch the cornea. Children are the most susceptible to infection, but the effects are often not felt until adulthood. | Untreated, repeated trachoma infections result in a painful form of permanent blindness when the eyelids turn inward, causing the eyelashes to scratch the cornea. Children are the most susceptible to infection, but the effects are often not felt until adulthood. | ||
===Prognosis=== | ===Prognosis=== | ||
Early treatment before the development of scarring and lid deformities has an excellent prognosis. If not treated properly with [[oral antibiotics]], the symptoms may escalate and cause blindness, which is the result of [[ulceration]] and consequent scarring of the [[cornea]]. | Early treatment before the development of scarring and lid deformities has an excellent prognosis. If not treated properly with [[oral antibiotics]], the symptoms may escalate and cause blindness, which is the result of [[ulceration]] and consequent scarring of the [[cornea]]. | ||
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Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
Complications
Untreated, repeated trachoma infections result in a painful form of permanent blindness when the eyelids turn inward, causing the eyelashes to scratch the cornea. Children are the most susceptible to infection, but the effects are often not felt until adulthood.
Prognosis
Early treatment before the development of scarring and lid deformities has an excellent prognosis. If not treated properly with oral antibiotics, the symptoms may escalate and cause blindness, which is the result of ulceration and consequent scarring of the cornea.