The Effect of Mask Use on the Ocular Surface During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Effect of Mask Use on the Ocular Surface During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Objectives:The new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic emerged in Wuhan, China in October 2019 and spread rapidly all over the world, making extended mask use an inescapable rule of daily life. Literature data indicate that the use of face masks increases the symptoms of dry eye in addition...

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Main Authors: Özlem Dikmetaş, Hilal Toprak Tellioğlu, İzlem Özturan, Sibel Kocabeyoğlu, Ali Bülent Çankaya, Murat İrkeç
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2023-04-01
Series:Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi
Subjects:
covid-19
mask use
ocular surface
dry eye
Online Access: http://www.oftalmoloji.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/the-effect-of-mask-use-on-the-ocular-surface-durin/60211

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