The Ocular Manifestations of COVID-19 Through Conjunctivitis

Ahuja, Abhimanyu S.; Farford, Bryan; Forouhi, Madeline; Abdin, Rama; Salinas, Manisha

doi:10.7759/cureus.12218

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“…In one case study, a 53-year-old white male COVID-19 patient was diagnosed with blepharitis, and he was advised to keep using the warm compresses and take 100 mg of doxycycline if the symptoms persisted or did not improve. 48 …”

Section: Adults’ Ocular Manifestationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ocular manifestations of COVID-19

Al-Namaeh¹

2022

Ophthalmol Eye Dis

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COVID-19 is a disease caused by a SARS-CoV-2 viral infection, a disease that was first detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. COVID-19, formerly known as 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) respiratory disease, was officially named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO) in February 2020. By 25 May 2021, there were 33,579,116 confirmed cases with 599,109 COVID-19 deaths worldwide. The purpose of this review article is to provide an update on what is currently known about COVID-19 ocular symptoms in adults, the elderly, and children in the literature. Finally, this article will review the eye protection precautions that should be implemented in our clinics. To assess the current literature, PubMed was searched from December 2019 to 25 May 2021. Randomized trials, observational studies, case series or case reports, letters of research, and letters to editors were selected for confirmed cases of COVID-19. According to current scientific literature since the outbreak in December 2019, 205 articles have been published. Conjunctivitis, conjunctival hyperemia, and chemosis have been reported in adults with COVID-19. There have been few studies on children and elderly patients, and further research in these age groups is needed. Finally, wearing eye protection when seeing patients on a daily basis during the pandemic is essential.

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Section: Adults’ Ocular Manifestationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ocular manifestations of COVID-19

Al-Namaeh¹

2022

Ophthalmol Eye Dis

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“…Previous research has demonstrated a link between COVID-19 infection and ocular complications, direct or indirect [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. It has been well-documented that conjunctivitis, scleritis, orbital inflammatory disease, phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis and retinal involvement may take place in COVID-19 infection.…”

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Ocular Complications Following Vaccination for COVID-19: A One-Year Retrospective

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Vaccination efforts as a mitigation strategy in the corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic are fully underway. A vital component of understanding the optimal clinical use of these vaccines is a thorough investigation of adverse events following vaccination. To date, some limited reports and reviews have discussed ocular adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination, but a systematic review detailing these reports with manifestations and clinical courses as well as proposed mechanisms has yet to be published. This comprehensive review one-year into vaccination efforts against COVID-19 is meant to furnish sound understanding for ophthalmologists and primary care physicians based on the existing body of clinical data. We discuss manifestations categorized into one of the following: eyelid, orbit, uveitis, retina, vascular, neuro-ophthalmology, ocular motility disorders, and other.

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“…Previous research has demonstrated a link between COVID-19 infection and ocular complications, direct or indirect. It has been reported that inflammatory conditions such as conjunctivitis, scleritis, orbital inflammatory disease, keratoconjunctivitis and retinal involvement may occur in COVID-19 infection ( Singh et al, 2021 , Barros et al, 2021 , Wang et al, 2021 , Rokohl et al, 2021 , Loffredo et al, 2020 , Ahuja et al, 2020 , Elhusseiny et al, 2021 , Eleiwa et al, 2021 , Eleiwa et al, 2021 ). In terms of indirect impact, Elhusseiny et al and Salanha et al reported on the impact of increased screen time and its relationship with eye strain and dry eye symptoms in pediatric and adult populations, respectively ( Elhusseiny et al, 2021 , Sawalha, Adeodokun and Kamoga, 2020 ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%