COVID-19: The significance to recognize initial ocular evidence and protective eyewear
Emergence of novel corona virus (2019-nCOV) and evolving into a pandemic in a short span of time has caught the entire humanity un-warranted. Most of the population effected had predominant respiratory presentation which in many cases worsened very soon leading to deaths. The whole healthcare commun...
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Deccan College of Medical Sciences
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| description | Emergence of novel corona virus (2019-nCOV) and evolving into a pandemic in a short span of time has caught the entire humanity un-warranted. Most of the population effected had predominant respiratory presentation which in many cases worsened very soon leading to deaths. The whole healthcare community was focused on the respiratory system and little did they know about non-respiratory symptoms until mild to moderate cases of COVID started to rise manifesting in various forms though predominantly most patients had lung involvement. Important to mention are gastrointestinal symptoms without overt respiratory symptoms. Isolated case reports mentioned diverse presentations including eye involvement. We here give a brief account of eye involvement in COVID and precautionary measures for eye protection especially for eye care professionals. [J Med Allied Sci 2020; 10(2.000): 133-135] |
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| spelling | doaj.art-52c1194242de42d6ab37718196bd9af22022-12-22T02:10:13ZengDeccan College of Medical SciencesJournal of Medical and Allied Sciences2231-16962231-170X2020-12-0110213313510.5455/jmas.102882102882COVID-19: The significance to recognize initial ocular evidence and protective eyewearRaj Kumar0Deepak Gupta1Department of Optometry, University Institute of Applied Health Sciences, Chandigarh University, NH-95 Chandigarh-Ludhiana highway, Mohali-140413, Punjab, IndiaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Fortis Escorts Hospital, Faridabad-121001, Haryana, IndiaEmergence of novel corona virus (2019-nCOV) and evolving into a pandemic in a short span of time has caught the entire humanity un-warranted. Most of the population effected had predominant respiratory presentation which in many cases worsened very soon leading to deaths. The whole healthcare community was focused on the respiratory system and little did they know about non-respiratory symptoms until mild to moderate cases of COVID started to rise manifesting in various forms though predominantly most patients had lung involvement. Important to mention are gastrointestinal symptoms without overt respiratory symptoms. Isolated case reports mentioned diverse presentations including eye involvement. We here give a brief account of eye involvement in COVID and precautionary measures for eye protection especially for eye care professionals. [J Med Allied Sci 2020; 10(2.000): 133-135]http://www.ejmanager.com/fulltextpdf.php?mno=1028822019-ncovcovid-19pneumoniasars-cov-2 |
| spellingShingle | Raj Kumar Deepak Gupta COVID-19: The significance to recognize initial ocular evidence and protective eyewear Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences 2019-ncov covid-19 pneumonia sars-cov-2 |
| title | COVID-19: The significance to recognize initial ocular evidence and protective eyewear |
| title_full | COVID-19: The significance to recognize initial ocular evidence and protective eyewear |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19: The significance to recognize initial ocular evidence and protective eyewear |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19: The significance to recognize initial ocular evidence and protective eyewear |
| title_short | COVID-19: The significance to recognize initial ocular evidence and protective eyewear |
| title_sort | covid 19 the significance to recognize initial ocular evidence and protective eyewear |
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