‘I rip out my lashes to ease pain’: Eye disease afflicts EthiopiaFri, 24 Jan 2025 02:51:00 GMT
Scheicho Scheifa is haunted by the fear of going blind. A disease called trachoma has turned his eyelids inwards, causing his eyelashes to scar his corneas so badly that one has already turned opaque.The 35-year-old farmer and baker, who blinks frequently and suffers in sunshine, said the pain is so fierce he has now “stopped working …