{"id":13732,"date":"2025-10-23T12:41:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T07:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13732"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:41:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:11:15","slug":"what-is-trachoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-trachoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Trachoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Trachoma Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Fiji became the 26th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Trachoma<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>bacterial infection<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> caused by the <\/span><b>bacterium Chlamydia Trachomatis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which affects the eyes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>contagious; spreading <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through contact with the eyes, eyelids, nose or throat secretions of infected people, if left <\/span><b>untreated it causes irreversible blindness.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is found in communities who are living in <\/span><b>poor environmental conditions.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Treatment:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>two drugs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recommended for <\/span><b>trachoma are azithromycin and an ointment made with tetracycline.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Signs and Symptoms of Early Stages of Trachoma Include:<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red and irritated eyes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swollen eyelids.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blurred vision.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watery discharge from the eyes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discharge from the nose.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Initiatives by the World Health Organisation Regarding Trachoma<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The World Health Organisation (WHO) has termed <\/span><b>Trachoma as a neglected tropical disease<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its estimation suggests that 150 million people worldwide are affected by Trachoma.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To eliminate trachoma as a public health problem, WHO recommends <\/span><b>the SAFE strategy.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/20-10-2025-fiji-becomes-the-26th-country-to-eliminate-trachoma-as-a-public-health-problem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHO<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trachoma is an eye infection caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. 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