The two most common eye disorders that one can face during the Coronavirus pandemic are:

Epiphora/ CONJUNCTIVITIS

Epiphora is excessive tear production. We’re not talking “did Rose just have to let Jack go in the movie Titanic” tear production, but rather an abnormal overflow of tears to the point that they are streaming down your face. If your significant other has when you flash him or her an “I heart you” sign, you may want to contact a doctor. 

This results when either your lacrimal glands produce an unusually large amount of tears or your tear ducts are blocked by inflammation, preventing proper drainage. One of the patients in the study, was actually the first symptom of COVID-19 that the patient had noticed. Conjunctivitis of the patients had, which is inflammation and swelling of your conjunctiva. Your conjunctiva is the transparent lining that covers the front of your eyeball and the inside of your eyelids. Normally, you shouldn’t be able to see your conjunctiva, unless you have super-vision or are exceedingly small and can see the very fine blood vessels that course through your conjunctiva.

Three had conjunctival hyperemia, which blood flow to your conjunctiva causing them to appearred. And seven of the patients had eye secretions. None of had experiencedblurring of their vision though.The AAOS postulated on their website that the eye findings such as could have instead rep resented “fluid overload” in critically ill patients. “Fluid overload” is a common phenomena in patient’s experiencing heart or kidney failure. When the  organs aren’t able to maintain the necessary delicate balance of fluids, fluid tends to accumulate in different parts of the body including potentially the eyes. Of the 12 patients with ocular findings, four were moderately ill, two were severely ill, and six were in critical condition. So perhaps not all of them actually had “pink eye,” which is the non-medical term for conjunctivitis.Nevertheless, this wasn’t the first study to document eye-related symptoms for those with COVID-19. A study published late February in the New England Journal of Medicine reviewed data on 1,099 patients who had laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 from 552 hospitals in China. Nine of these patients (which amounts to 0.8%) did have " congestion,"which sounds a bit like a traffic jam in your instead refers to some combination of the earlier-mentioned eye symptoms.Then there was the study published in the Journal of Medical Virology of 30 patients who were hospitalized at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University from January 26, 2020 to February 9, 2020 for COVID-19 pneumonia.For this study, the research team tested the tears and conjunctival secretions all 30 patients for SARS-CoV2 RNA and found such RNA in only one patient. Nonetheless, this same patient also was the only one of 30 determined to have COVID-19 conjunctivitis.All told, these aren’t big numbers of people with possible COVID-19 conjunctivitis,implying that the rate of eye symptoms for COVID-19 is probably a whole lot lower than 31.6%. Regardless, from these studies do suggest that infection of the eyes is possible. Therefore, with the COVID-19 continuing to spread, you should probably make efforts to protect your eyes in addition to your nose and mouth. That means no “Boo Hoo Hoo” motions in which you make fists in front of your eyes and rotate them to make a crying motion, especially if you haven’t washed your hands thoroughly. That also means wearing some eye protection like goggles or a face shield when you are seeing patients who maybe infected with the COVID-19 if you are a health care professional, .Findings from three studies provide further evidence that health care workers should be wearing eye ... Additionally,it’s probably a good idea to cancel any eye-related appointments for now unless they are absolutely necessary. Certainly, keep appointments to address urgent problems such as loss of vision, unexplained eye pain, or your eyeballs falling out of your head. But check with your eye doctor first before going to any already scheduled non- appointment to see if your issue can wait.

AVOID CONTACT LENSE AND USE FACE SHIELDS

If you wear contact lenses, consider wearing glasses for now to reduce the amount of times that you touch and can contaminate your eyes. This isn’t the time to worry about vanity. Everyone will probably find out your true hair color, so they might as well see how you look with glasses too. It may even make you look better. What’s that line about people wearing glasses being bad-bleeps? If you are worried about how people will view you with glasses, you can always wear a large and exceedingly flamboyant hat to distract them.Finally,while a fever, cough, and respiratory symptoms still seem to be the most common symptoms of COVID-19, these studies provide further evidence that symptoms can vary quite significantly. Since we still have much to learn about the COVID-19, don’t believe that the presence or absence of any single specific symptom can rule in or out COVID-19. Of course, at the same time, don’t automatically assume that any eye problems that you may have are signs of COVID-19. They could still be the result of common causes of eye-problems such as allergies,other types of infections, or pelting yourself in the face with broccoli florets.