Author: Marquezan, Maria Carolina; Marquezam, Joao Paulo; Nascimento, Heloisa; Chalita, Maria Regina; de Freitas, Denise; Belfort, Rubens
Title: Conjunctivitis Related to not Severe COVID-19: A Case Report. Cord-id: 4mrx0w20 Document date: 2020_11_20
ID: 4mrx0w20
Snippet: PURPOSE The purpose of this article is to report a bilateral conjunctivitis case in a patient with confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). CASE REPORT/OBSERVATIONS A 24-year-old healthy man developed severe conjunctivitis in his right eye, followed by his left eye 4 days after fever and myalgia. He reported yellowish conjunctival discharge, foreign body sensation, redness, and tearing, and those symptoms were resolved in 10 days. Analyses of nasopharyngeal secretions identified SARS
Document: PURPOSE The purpose of this article is to report a bilateral conjunctivitis case in a patient with confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). CASE REPORT/OBSERVATIONS A 24-year-old healthy man developed severe conjunctivitis in his right eye, followed by his left eye 4 days after fever and myalgia. He reported yellowish conjunctival discharge, foreign body sensation, redness, and tearing, and those symptoms were resolved in 10 days. Analyses of nasopharyngeal secretions identified SARS-CoV-2 by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). CONCLUSION Mild COVID-19 can cause severe bilateral conjunctivitis. The ophthalmologist may be aware of conjunctival secretions, a possible path of infection, during eye checkup.
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