<prompt> Egyptian opthalmia is-Spring CatarrhTrachomaIntersitial keratitisxerophthalmia  <response>: Trachoma previously known as Egyptian ophthalmia is a chronic keratoconjunctivitis, primarily affecting the superficial epithelium of conjunctiva and cornea simultaneously. It is characterised by a mixed follicular and papillary response of conjunctival tissue It is still one of the leading causes of preventable blindness in the world.b The word ;trachoma; comes from the Greek word for ;rough; which describes the surface appearance of the conjunctiva in chronic trachoma. Ref: A K KHURANA COMPREHENSIVE OPHTALMOLOGY,E4,page-62 