Single dose of azithromycin prevents recurrence of inturned eyelashes
...is eye surgery can reduce the frequency with which eyelashes turn back in and abrade the eye. The oral antibio...condition in which the eyelid turns inward and the eyelashes rub against the eye, causing corneal scarring, that can lead to blindness. It results from years of...High levels of blindness in southern Sudan following years of war
... when scarring from repeated infections causes the eyelashes to turn inward (trichiasis). The corneathe transparent front part of the eyebecomes damaged by the eyelashes and develops ulcers, and eventually blindness results. The situation revealed by the researchers ...