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Online Published: 30 Aug 2020
 


COVID-19: The significance to recognize initial ocular evidence and protective eyewear

Raj Kumar, Deepak Gupta.


Abstract
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.

Key words: 2019-nCOV, COVID-19, Pneumonia, SARS-CoV-2


 
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Kumar R, Gupta D. COVID-19: The significance to recognize initial ocular evidence and protective eyewear. J Med Allied Sci. (2020), [cited September 12, 2024]; 10(2): 133-135. doi:10.5455/jmas.102882


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Kumar, R. & Gupta, . D. (2020) COVID-19: The significance to recognize initial ocular evidence and protective eyewear. J Med Allied Sci, 10 (2), 133-135. doi:10.5455/jmas.102882


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Kumar, Raj, and Deepak Gupta. 2020. COVID-19: The significance to recognize initial ocular evidence and protective eyewear. Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences, 10 (2), 133-135. doi:10.5455/jmas.102882


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Kumar, Raj, and Deepak Gupta. "COVID-19: The significance to recognize initial ocular evidence and protective eyewear." Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences 10 (2020), 133-135. doi:10.5455/jmas.102882


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Kumar, Raj, and Deepak Gupta. "COVID-19: The significance to recognize initial ocular evidence and protective eyewear." Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences 10.2 (2020), 133-135. Print. doi:10.5455/jmas.102882


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Kumar, R. & Gupta, . D. (2020) COVID-19: The significance to recognize initial ocular evidence and protective eyewear. Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences, 10 (2), 133-135. doi:10.5455/jmas.102882


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