Trachoma history and symptoms

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The bacteria has an incubation period of 5 to 12 days, after which the affected individual experiences symptoms of conjunctivitis, or irritation similar to “pink eye.”

Further symptoms include:

• Eye discharge
• Swollen eyelids
• Trichiasis (turned-in eyelashes)
• Swelling of lymph nodes in front of the ears
• Corneal scarring
• Further ear, nose and throat complications

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