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- The study examines the prevalence of ocular symptoms in COVID-19 patients at a tertiary healthcare center, noting that 7.8% of patients presented with eye-related issues.
- Most affected individuals were male, and common symptoms included hyperaemia, eye pain, and epiphora, with no significant differences related to gender or existing health conditions.
- The findings suggest ocular manifestations in this specific population are less common than previously reported in other studies, highlighting a gap in literature from the Middle Eastern region regarding this issue.
Article Abstract
Introduction: COVID-19 patients presenting with ocular manifestations are from 0.8% to 32% of patients seen in the ED. The available literature is scarce regarding COVID-19 patients presenting with ocular manifestations from the Middle Eastern region.
Purpose: This study aims to report the incidence of ocular signs and symptoms in COVID-19 patients and find any correlation between the occurrence of ocular manifestations and patients' comorbidities.
Methods: All patients having the primary diagnosis of COVID-19 infection and concurrent ocular manifestations on admission to our tertiary COVID-19 health care centre were included in the study. The patient's demographic data, comorbidities, and type of ocular manifestations were recorded from the patients' health records retrospectively.
Results: In our study, 39 (7.8%) patients presented with ocular manifestations. The majority of COVID-19 patients were male, and 200 (20%) patients had a history of other comorbidities. The majority of our patients had hyperaemia (13 [33.3%]), followed by eye pain (9 [23.1%]), epiphora (8 [20.5%]), burning sensation (4 [10.3%]), and photophobia (2 [5.1%]) patients. There was no statistically significant difference in the occurrence of ocular manifestations and patients' gender or comorbidities ( > .05).
Conclusion: The occurrence of ocular manifestations was lower compared to the present literature. There was no significant association between the occurrence of ocular manifestations and the patient's gender or comorbidities.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8786237 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2022.2029554 | DOI Listing |
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