Altered Ocular Surface Health Status and Tear Film Immune Profile Due to Prolonged Daily Mask Wear in Health Care Workers

Altered Ocular Surface Health Status and Tear Film Immune Profile Due to Prolonged Daily Mask Wear in Health Care Workers

Prolonged daily face mask wearing over several months might affect health of the ocular surface and is reported to be associated with complaints of discomfort and dry-eye-like symptoms. We studied the ocular surface clinical parameters, tear soluble factors and immune cell proportions in ophthalmolo...

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Main Authors: Sharon D’Souza, Tanuja Vaidya, Archana Padmanabhan Nair, Rohit Shetty, Nimisha Rajiv Kumar, Anadi Bisht, Trailokyanath Panigrahi, Tejal S. J, Pooja Khamar, Mor M. Dickman, Ruchika Agrawal, Sanjay Mahajan, Sneha Sengupta, Rudy M. M. A. Nuijts, Swaminathan Sethu, Arkasubhra Ghosh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-05-01
Series:Biomedicines
Subjects:
ocular surface discomfort
mask
COVID-19
tear fluid
soluble factors
nociception
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/10/5/1160

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