Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Can I get COVID-19 through my eyes or ears?
Can I get COVID-19 through my eyes or ears?
Jun 4, 2020
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News tagged with eye infections
Ophthalmology
Outbreak of preventable eye infection in contact lens wearers
A new outbreak of a rare but preventable eye infection that can cause blindness, has been identified in contact lens wearers in a new study led by UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital researchers.
Sep 21, 2018
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Medical research
Candida auris infection: Patient in New York loses an eye to panophthalmitis
A team of doctors at Lenox Hill Hospital has reported that a patient at their facility lost an eye due to panophthalmitis, which was caused by a Candida auris infection. In their report published in the Annals of Internal ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pink eye may be a sign you have COVID. What to know about the new virus symptom
A common and relatively mild malady is yet another symptom people should watch for in the fight against COVID-19, experts say.
May 3, 2023
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Ophthalmology
First report of COVID-19 orbital involvement
A severe skin infection in the orbital area (around the eye) may represent an unusual complication of COVID-19, according to a patient report published in The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery.
Jul 27, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cornea appears to resist infection from novel coronavirus
New findings from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggest the eye's cornea can resist infection from the novel coronavirus. Although the herpes simplex virus can infect the cornea and ...
Nov 3, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How nasty Toxoplasma parasite damages the human eye
One-third of the world population is infected with Toxoplasma, which causes a common eye infection called ocular toxoplasmosis. Researchers have shed new light on how an infection with the parasite causes a distinctive lesion ...
Sep 30, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 virus can affect vision and depth perception, finds study
Researchers are investigating whether the COVID virus can affect vision and depth-perception of those infected.
Dec 21, 2022
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Health
56,000 Pakistan schools shut over eye virus outbreak
More than 56,000 Pakistan schools will shut for the rest of the week in a bid to curb a mass outbreak of a contagious eye virus, officials said Wednesday.
Sep 27, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
How technology is changing the way your GP treats you
Doctors were armed with a stethoscope and thermometer 50 years ago, but new technology means GPs now have a bag full of gadgets to find out what is wrong with patients.
Aug 9, 2016
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