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authors: Singh, Geetanjali; Sharma, Pramod Kumar; Malviya, Rishabha; Awasthi, Rajendra
title: Novel corona virus (COVID‐19) disease and ophthalmic manifestations: Clinical evidences
date: 2020-06-11
journal: Dermatol Ther
DOI: 10.1111/dth.13814
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doc_id: 747589
cord_uid: t9rw53ys

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. Twelve out of 38 hospitalized COVID-19 infected patients had eye related issues like epiphora, inflammation and swelling of the conjunctiva, conjunctiva hyperemia, and eye secretion. However, no patient had blurred This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

vision [6] . Xie et al. reported one patient out of 30 had conjunctivitis. However, at the time of testing there was no sign of severe fever or respiratory related problem [3] .

A 30 year old patient in China had initial symptoms of sore throat and diarrhoea followed by the development of pulmonary symptoms. The patient was treated for COVID-19. However, after 13 days of treatment, eye redness was developed with tearing and sensation of foreign and anterior uveitis to sight-threatening conditions like retinitis and optic neuritis were observed in ocular manifestations [8] . In North America, a 29-year-old woman reported with red eyes and watery discharge, but do not have mild respiratory symptoms and fever. Test of conjunctival swabs confirmed that the patient had keratoconjuctivitis with SARS CoV-2 [9] .

These cases emphasizes the importance for eye care professionals to remain vigilant and consider SARS-CoV-2 as the causative agent in patients presenting with viral conjunctivitis, particularly in high-risk patients with travel to areas of active transmission of the virus.

Authors have no conflict of interest.

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RA and RM conceived and designed the study. G, PKS, and RM were responsible for literature search and screening. G, PKS, RM and RA were responsible for data collection.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.RM and RA contributed to data interpretation. G, PKS, RM and RA drafted the manuscript and RA analyses and critically revised the manuscript.