Looks like the eyes may catch it. Add these two beauties to the growing list of body parts that may be affected by the COVID-19. According to a research, seven patients out of 12 in the study of eye issues, were suffering from Epiphora. Epiphora is nothing but excessive tear production. It is when either of your lacrimal glands produce a strangely large volume of tears or your tear ducts are congested by inflammation, blocking accurate drainage. One of the patients in the study, was actually the first symptom of COVID-19 that the patient had noticed. 8 of the patients had experienced inflammation and swelling of conjunctiva.

Eight of the patients had, which is inflammation and swelling of your conjunctiva. The transparent lining that covers the inside of your eyelids and the front of your eyeball. It is usually invisible to naked eye, it requires a super-vision that can see very thin blood vessels that course through the conjunctiva.

Three of the patients had conjunctival hyperemia, which makes the blood flow to your conjunctiva causing them to appear red. And seven patients experienced eye secretions. None of them go through blurring of their vision though. Now 38 patients by no means a large number of patients. Any medical history of these patients is not clear yet before becoming infected with SARS-CoV2.

Plus, although the researchers branded this as “ocular manifestations consistent with conjunctivitis,” the American Academy of (AAOS) was not so sure if all of these findings actually signified conjunctivitis, a scientific term for a conjunctiva infection. The AAOS proposed on their website that the eye findings like these could have in its place signified “fluid overload” in patients who are critically ill. “Fluid overload” is a usual occurrence in patient’s suffering heart or kidney failure. When these organs are not able to sustain the essential delicate balance of fluids, then they tend to gather in diverse parts of the body including the eyes. 4 out of 12 patients with these findings were somewhat ill, 2 were seriously ill and 6 were critically ill. So possibly not all of them actually had “pink eye,” which is the non-medical term for conjunctivitis.

However, there have been other studies to document eye-related symptoms for patients detected with COVID-19. This wasn’t the first study to study eye-related symptoms for those with COVID-19. A study published late February in the New England Journal of Medicine reviewed data on 1,099 patients with confirmed case of COVID-19 from 653 hospitals in China. 9 of these patients did have congestion, refers to some grouping of the before stated eye symptoms.

Consider wearing spectacles instead of contact lenses to limit the frequent eye-touching and resulting in contamination. Everyone will perhaps know the original color of your hair color during this period, so let them see you without your lenses as well. It might make you look and feel much better. Do not worry about being judged as you are anyways maintaining social distancing.

Lastly, while a cough, fever, and breathing symptoms still seem to be the most usual symptoms of COVID-19, these studies offer additional evidence that symptoms can vary fairly significantly. Since there is still so much to study about the COVID-19, don’t consider that the presence or absence of any single exact sign can rule in or out COVID-19. Also, at the same time, don’t just accept that any kind of eye illness that you may have are symptoms of COVID-19. This could quite possibly be the result of common eye-problems such as infections, allergies etc. consult the best Eye specialist in Thane or any eye care hospital in Thane. If you reside in the central part of Mumbai, you can search by keyword eyecare near me