Ocular findings and risk of transmission in patients with Covid-19 infection

Year 2020, Issue: Special Issue on COVID 19, 156 - 162, 20.03.2020

Emine Savran Elibol , Ahmet Elbay

https://doi.org/10.21673/anadoluklin.727154

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The new coronavirus, called SARS-CoV-2, came for the first time on December 29, 2019 by detecting signs of pneumonia in a large number of people working and visiting a market selling seafood and live animals in Wuhan, China. This virus, known to be very infectious, can enter the body through mucosal surfaces such as mouth, nose or eyes. Likewise, the spread of the virus is known to be through droplets and secretions. There is no vaccine or proven antiviral treatment for the virus yet. A group of viral infectious agents, including coronaviruses, are known to cause both systemic and ocular infections. During the ophthalmology exams, the patient's tear and conjunctiva can be contacted, and because it has been studied very closely, it poses a risk to both the patient and the ophthalmologist in terms of transmission.
In this review, the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 and conjunctivitis and the risk of transmission during eye examination of patients with positive covid - 19 test will be examined in the light of the literature.

Keywords

covid-19, conjunctivitis, SARS-CoV-2

Covid-19 enfeksiyonu olan hastalarda göz bulguları ve bulaş riski

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 adı verilen yeni koronavirüs ilk defa 29 Aralık 2019’da, Çin’in Wuhan şehrindeki deniz ürünleri ve canlı hayvan satan bir markette çalışan ve bu marketi ziyaret eden çok sayıda kişide pnömoni bulgularının tespit edilmesiyle gündeme gelmiştir. Bulaşıcılığının çok yüksek olduğu bilinen bu virüs ağız, burun ya da göz gibi mukozal yüzeylerden vücuda girebilmektedir. Aynı şekilde virüsün yayılımının da damlacık yoluyla ve sekresyonlarla olduğu bilinmektedir. Virüse karşı henüz geliştirilmiş bir aşı ya da kanıtlanmış antiviral bir tedavi mevcut değildir. Koronavirüslerin de dahil olduğu bir grup viral enfeksiyon ajanının hem sistemik hem oküler enfeksiyona sebep olduğu bilinmektedir. Oftalmoloji muayeneleri sırasında hastanın gözyaşı ile konjonktivasına temas olabildiği ve çok yakın çalışıldığından bulaş açısından hem hasta hem göz hekimi için risk taşır.
Bu derlemede SARS-CoV-2 ile konjonktivit ilişkisi ve covid – 19 testi pozitif olan hastaların göz muayenesi sırasındaki bulaş riski literatür eşliğinde irdelenecektir.

Keywords

covid-19, konjonktivit, SARS-CoV-2

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