Skip to main content

Table 2 Distribution of causes of corneal blindness

From: Prevalence of infectious keratitis in Central China

Corneal diseases

Blindness in one eye

Blindness in two eyes

Blindness in at least one eye

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

Infectious corneal diseases

23 (82.1)

1 (3.6)

24 (85.7)

Pterygium-related diseases

1 (3.6)

0 (0)

1 (3.6)

Traumatic corneal scar

1 (3.6)

0 (0)

1 (3.6)

Unknown corneal opacity

1 (3.6)

1 (3.6)

2 (7.1)

Total

26 (92.9)

2 (7.1)

28 (100.0)

  1. The infectious corneal disease ranked first among causes of corneal blindness, accounting for 85.7%.