Ocular manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019

Ceran, Başak Bostancı; Özateş, Serdar

doi:10.1007/s00417-020-04777-7

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“…18 Cheema et al reported a case of keratoconjunctivitis with corneal subepithelial infiltrates and overlying epithelial defects. 19 Other ocular manifestations include photophobia, 20 redness, ocular secretions, chemosis, itching, foreign body sensation, dry eyes, follicular conjunctivitis, and episcleritis 21 (summarized in Table 1). Importantly, none of the studies reported any associated changes in visual acuity of COVID-19 patients with ocular manifestations.…”

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<p>The Role of the Ocular Tissue in SARS-CoV-2 Transmission</p>

Peng¹,

Dai²,

Sugali³

et al. 2020

OPTH

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The current global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected over 21 million people and caused over half a million deaths within a few months. COVID-19 has become one of the most severe public health crises in recent years. Compared to other pathogenic coronaviruses, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is highly infectious. Due to the lack of specific and effective treatment or vaccines, disease prevention and early detection are essential for establishing guidelines to mitigate further spread. The potential role of the ocular system in COVID-19 is still not clear but it has gained increasing attention. Here, we reviewed both clinical and research evidence on the ocular manifestations associated with COVID-19, the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in ocular surface tissues and tears, and the potential role of the eye in contracting SARS-CoV-2.

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Section: Ocular Manifestations Of Covid-19mentioning

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<p>The Role of the Ocular Tissue in SARS-CoV-2 Transmission</p>

Peng¹,

Dai²,

Sugali³

et al. 2020

OPTH

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“…Responses of individual patients can vary widely, from asymptomatic or mild disease to multi-organ failure and death. 4 Accumulating evidence suggests that COVID-19 can impact many bodily systems that encompass respiratory, 5 immunologic, 4 gastrointestinal, 6 ocular, 7 urologic, 8 hepatic, 9 dermatologic, 10 neurologic, 11 and psychiatric 12 effects. To help people determine whether they might have COVID-19, leading health information providers list symptoms of COVID-19 online.…”

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Social Listening as a Rapid Approach to Collecting and Analyzing COVID-19 Symptoms and Disease Natural Histories Reported by Large Numbers of Individuals

Picone¹,

Inoue²,

DeFelice³

et al. 2020

Population Health Management

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Given the severe and rapid impact of COVID-19, the pace of information sharing has been accelerated. However, traditional methods of disseminating and digesting medical information can be time-consuming and cumbersome. In a pilot study, the authors used social listening to quickly extract information from social media channels to explore what people with COVID-19 are talking about regarding symptoms and disease progression. The goal was to determine whether, by amplifying patient voices, new information could be identified that might have been missed through other sources. Two data sets from social media groups of people with or presumed to have COVID-19 were analyzed: a Facebook group poll, and conversation data from a Reddit group including detailed disease natural history-like posts. Content analysis and a customized analytics engine that incorporates machine learning and natural language processing were used to quickly identify symptoms mentioned. Key findings include more than 20 symptoms in the data sets that were not listed in online lists of symptoms from 4 respected medical information sources. The disease natural history-like posts revealed that people can experience symptoms for many weeks and that some symptoms change over time. This study demonstrates that social media can offer novel insights into patient experiences as a source of real-world data. This inductive research approach can quickly generate descriptive information that can be used to develop hypotheses and new research questions. Also, the method allows rapid assessments of large numbers of social media conversations that could be applied to monitor public health for emerging and rapidly spreading diseases such as COVID-19.

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“… 14 Bostanci Ceran et al investigated the ocular findings of confirmed COVID-19 cases and found that 2 out of 93 patients had episcleritis. 15 In addition, Lu et al 7 discuss the case of Dr Guangfa Wang who, while working with COVID-19 patients complained of red eyes a few days before the onset of COVID-19 symptoms. The fact that he had been wearing an N95 mask but no eye protection gave rise to concerns that the infection may have gained entry via his ocular route.…”

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Episcleritis as a possible presenting sign of the novel coronavirus disease: A case report

Otaif¹,

Somali²,

Habash³

2020

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports

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Purpose In this report, we describe a case of episcleritis that appeared to be the first sign of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Observations A 29-year-old man with no prior medical condition presented with a complaint of redness and foreign body sensation in his left eye, which started two days before his consultation. He had no history of decreased vision, pain, photophobia, discharge, ocular surgery, or trauma. He had no symptoms in his fellow eye nor did he have any systemic symptoms. External examination of his left eye revealed a sectoral nasal conjunctival and episcleral injection and a clear cornea. There was no scleral edema. A diagnosis of episcleritis was made based on clinical grounds and topical fluorometholone 0.1%. was started. Three days later, the patient presented with headache, shortness of breath, cough, and fever (39.2 °C). Real-time fluorescence polymerase chain reaction test of his nasopharyngeal swab returned a positive result for COVID-19. The patient was then admitted for observation and supportive therapy. After five days, fever, respiratory and ocular symptoms were markedly improved and the patient was discharged and advised to isolate at home for 14 days. Conclusions and importance This is the first report that describes episcleritis as a possible presenting sign of COVID-19. Understanding the association between ocular signs/symptoms and COVID-19 can aid in the diagnosis of the viral infection and can help in limiting its transmission.

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Ocular manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019

Cited by 73 publications

References 28 publications

<p>The Role of the Ocular Tissue in SARS-CoV-2 Transmission</p>

<p>The Role of the Ocular Tissue in SARS-CoV-2 Transmission</p>

Social Listening as a Rapid Approach to Collecting and Analyzing COVID-19 Symptoms and Disease Natural Histories Reported by Large Numbers of Individuals

Episcleritis as a possible presenting sign of the novel coronavirus disease: A case report

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