Children with Developmental Challenges

Children With Developmental Challenges 3(2+1)

Lesson 11 : Sensory Impairment – Visual

Trachoma

Trachoma is caused by a micro-organism that spreads through contact with eye discharge from the infected person (on towels, handkerchiefs, fingers, etc.) and through transmission by eye seeking flies. After years of repeated infection, the inside of the eyelid may be scarred so severely that the eyelid turns inward and the lashes rub on the eyeball, which can further scar the cornea and lead to blindness.