Basic Summary for Trachoma

Main name of condition: Trachoma
Other names or spellings: trichiasis, sandy blight

What is Trachoma?
  Brief description of Trachoma: Chronic bacterial eye condition in the developing world
  Parent types of Trachoma: Eye conditions, Bacterial diseases, Diseases contagious from towels, Diseases contagious from contaminated water, Diseases contagious from surfaces
  Organs Affected by Trachoma: eye, conjunctiva, cornea

How serious is Trachoma?
Complications of Trachoma: see complications of Trachoma

What causes Trachoma?
  Cause of Trachoma: Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria
  Class of Condition for Trachoma: bacterial
  Risk factors for Trachoma: see risk factors for Trachoma

What are the symptoms of Trachoma?
Symptoms of Trachoma: see symptoms of Trachoma

Can anyone else get Trachoma?
Contagion of Trachoma: Spread by direct contact and contaminated objects or towels; possibly spread by flies.
More information: see contagiousness of Trachoma

How is it treated?
Treatments for Trachoma: see treatments for Trachoma

Society issues for Trachoma
Hospitalization statistics for Trachoma: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Trachoma:

0% (3) of hospital consultant episodes were for trachoma in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
100% of hospital consultant episodes for trachoma required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
67% of hospital consultant episodes for trachoma were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
33% of hospital consultant episodes for trachoma were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for trachoma required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for trachoma in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for trachoma in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
63 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for trachoma in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for trachoma occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for trachoma occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for trachoma were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% (4) of hospital bed days were for trachoma in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

Last revision: June 23, 2003

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