Suara.com – Abnormalities eye severe cases have been found in the eyes of some patients Covid-19. This is mentioned in a study from France published in the journal Radiology.
Launch from MedicinenetThese findings indicate the need for eye examinations as well as appropriate treatment of potentially serious eye problems in these patients.
“We show that some patients with severe Covid-19 have one or more nodules in the posterior pole of the globe (eye),” explained the study’s lead author Dr. Augustin Lecler, neuroradiologist at the Adolphe de Rothschild Hospital Foundation in Paris.
An ophthalmologist from the United States who was not associated with the study explained that these nodules appeared on the part of the eyeball called the macula. “The macula is the area of the retina which is responsible for the center of vision,” said Dr. Mark Fromer, who practices at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
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“The retina is easily evaluated by a retina specialist using a magnifying lens at the side of the bed,” he added. He added that it was not clear whether the eye changes were directly related to Covid-19 or its treatment.
As the Paris research team explained, though corona virus which causes Covid-19 to primarily affect the lungs, but the virus is associated with an increased risk of eye conditions such as conjunctivitis (pink eye) and retinopathy.
There have been reports of eye abnormalities detected on MRI examinations of Covid-19 patients, but investigations are limited to the type and extent of these eye problems.
To learn more, the French Society of Neuroradiology conducted a study of 129 severe Covid-19 patients who underwent brain MRI. Nine patients or 7 percent of patients had one or more nodules on the back of the eyeball. All of them had nodules in the macular area and eight had nodules in both eyes.
Eight of the nine patients had Covid-19 so severe that they had to spend time in the ICU.
“Our study recommends screening all patients admitted to the ICU for severe cases of Covid-19, we believe these patients should receive specific eye protection care,” said Lecler.
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