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Among adults, it more commonly affects women than men – likely due to their closer contact with children. [2] The disease is the cause of decreased vision in 2.2 million people, of whom 1.2 million are completely blind. [2] Trachoma is a public health problem in 42 countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Central and South America. [7]
Chlamydia is known as the "silent epidemic", as at least 70% of genital C. trachomatis infections in women (and 50% in men) are asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis, [15] and can linger for months or years before being discovered.
Chlamydia trachomatis (/ k l ə ˈ m ɪ d i ə t r ə ˈ k oʊ m ə t ɪ s /) is a Gram-negative, anaerobic bacterium responsible for chlamydia and trachoma. C. trachomatis exists in two forms, an extracellular infectious elementary body (EB) and an intracellular non-infectious reticulate body (RB). [2]
The study found that 15.3% of participants had mild cognitive impairment, and that women with mild cognitive impairment were more likely to report more severe menopause symptoms.
It results either from disease (conjunctival sequelae of trachoma) or trauma. Cicatricial pemphigoid [1] and, in severe cases, rosacea may cause symblepharon. Congenital symblepharon may be seen with cryptophthalmos. [2] Its treatment is symblepharectomy.
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The upper or lower eyelid can be involved, and one or both eyes may be affected. When entropion occurs in both eyes, this is known as "bilateral entropion". Repeated cases of trachoma infection may cause scarring of the inner eyelid, which may cause entropion. [3] In human cases, this condition is most common to people over 60 years of age. [4]