Babalola O E
Guinness Ophthalmic Unit, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Kaduna.
Trop Geogr Med. 1989 Jan;41(1):41-4.
At the Guinness eye hospital, Kaduna, Northern Nigeria, where 40-60,000 new cases are yearly seen, trachoma is now responsible for less than 0.5% of blindness and less than 0.5% ocular morbidity. This contrasts with the situation about 30 years ago when it was a major problem. Most of our trachoma patients now have trivial intensity of disease and cicatrising/healed lesions. This rate and pattern of presentation suggests a decline in the importance of trachoma, although confirmation depends on actual community assessment.
在尼日利亚北部卡杜纳的吉尼斯眼科医院，每年有4万至6万新病例就诊，如今沙眼导致的失明病例不到0.5%，眼部发病率也不到0.5%。这与大约30年前它还是一个主要问题的情况形成了对比。我们现在的大多数沙眼患者病情都很轻微，有瘢痕形成/已愈合的病变。这种发病率和表现模式表明沙眼的重要性在下降，不过这一结论的确认还需依赖实际的社区评估。
