Health
Soreness, light sensitivity and other eye problems likely to occur in COVID-19 patients, suggests study – Firstpost
The researchers could not find any gender differences in these associations between COVID-19 and eye manifestations, suggesting that men and women experienced these…
The COVID-19 causing SARS-CoV-2 virus enters the body through the mucous membranes and infects healthy cells through ACE2 receptors.
And while wearing masks to cover these susceptible membranes in the nose and mouth is a recognised and widely-used method of preventing COVID-19 infection, the susceptibility of the eyes has not been highlighted by as many studies yet.
Studies in June 2020 in journals like The Lancet first indicated that while the mechanism may not be clear yet, SARS-CoV-2 can indeed…
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