Eye in COVID-19: A Brief Review

Abstract

<jats:p>This is a brief review covering the currently available literature on ocular manifestations of COVID-19, andprevention strategies for ophthalmologists. A literature search was carried out of Pubmed, Google Scholar andWHO database of publications on COVID. Keywords used in the search were eye, ocular manifestations,ophthalmology, COVID-19, nCoV-2019, and coronavirus disease. All available articles were reviewed and thosepertinent to the study topic were included. Considering the dearth of information available, ophthalmology journals were also searched separately for relevant articles. Major ocular manifestation of COVID reported in literature is red eye, which usually presents before the onset of respiratory symptoms. Since the eye can be a possible transmission route for SARS-CoV-2, infection control measures should be undertaken by ophthalmologists, including use of personal protection equipment and eye/face covering. A framework for structuring ophthalmological services during the COVID pandemic is also presented in this review.</jats:p>

Evaluation of knowledge, attitude and practice of guidelines towards the novel covid 19 among eye care professionals of a government medical college in north India

“…The novel COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS CoV-2 virus, a member of the beta corona virus genus, has led to serious concerns regarding public health, way of practice of healthcare system across the globe. 1 After extensive literature search it was evident that studies related to assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice of guidelines of Covid 19 among the eye care practitioners, are sparse especially in Northern parts of India. This type of study may help to reduce the risk of healthcare practitioners and that of their family, of contracting the virus, reduce morbidity and mortality associated with being infected.…”

“…This questionnaire was used using the precedence set by similar studies. 1,2,5,6 This questionnaire contains a total of 31 questions. Among the questions 15 are related to knowledge, 7 are related with attitude and 9 are related with practice of guidelines(Figure 1).…”

“…The novel COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS CoV-2 virus, a member of the beta corona virus genus, has led to widespread public health concerns across the globe. 1 The emergence of the novel corona virus disease in December 2019 in the city of Wuhan, the Chinese province of Hubei city, halted the ever-busy human society and caused serious threat to all sectors of every nation. 2 It is related to Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus (MERS-CoV) and severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus (SARS-CoV).…”