Ophthalmic manifestations of COVID-19: An Educational Review

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  • Post author:Kusy Suleiman & Omar Mostafa, Yusuf Abdallah, Simon Madge
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The eyes can be implicated in the initial presentation of COVID-19.  Throughout the pandemic, a minority of cases have presented with ocular symptoms. At times, ocular complaints have also been found to precede respiratory complaints or be the only presenting complaint of COVID-19. Ocular complaints also appear to be possibly linked with more severe disease processes clinically and biochemically. Consequently, it is important to consider COVID-19 in patients with new conjunctivitis or ocular complaints.

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