Which part of the body is affected by the disease trachoma?
Trachoma and Australia. Currently, 8 million people are visually impaired as a result of trachoma, and 41 million suffer from active infection. Of the 54 countries that WHO cited as still having blinding trachoma occurring, Australia is the only developed country—Australian Aboriginal people who live in remote communities with inadequate sanitation are still blinded by this infectious eye disease. India' s Health and Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda declared India free of infective trachoma in 2017. The term is derived from New Latin "trāchōma", from Greek τράχωμα "trākhōma", from τραχύς "trākhus" "rough". The economic burden of trachoma is huge, particularly with
Trachoma Trachoma Trachoma is an infectious disease caused by bacterium "Chlamydia trachomatis". The infection causes a roughening of the inner surface of the eyelids. This roughening can lead to pain in the eyes, breakdown of the outer surface or cornea of the eyes, and eventual blindness. Untreated, repeated trachoma infections can result in a form of permanent blindness when the eyelids turn inward. The bacteria that cause the disease can be spread by both direct and indirect contact with an affected person's eyes or nose. Indirect contact includes through clothing or flies that have come into contact with an affected person's