![]() Similarly, symptoms reported by participants with an association to various types of conjunctivitis - including mucous discharge and gritty eyes linked to bacterial infection - did not have significant results. However, this was found to be lacking any statistical significance. Participants also reported dry eye symptoms more frequently before (23%) rather than during their COVID-19 state (14%) - a change investigators found surprising. Related: SERPICO-10 study details COVID-19 impact on retina Data on these results of ocular symptoms before and during COVID-19 confirmed cases using the McNemar’s test for paired comparisons can be seen in Table 1. Of those, the presence of sore eyes was significantly higher in patients during their COVID-19 state (16%) versus their pre-COVID-19 state (5%). The most three common ocular symptoms included photophobia (18%), sores eyes (16%), and itchy eyes (17%). ![]() 1 Further results found that participants reported a number of ocular symptoms indicative of viral conjunctivitis. Results found the most reported symptoms to be dry eye (66%), fever (76%), fatigue (90%), and lose off smell/taste (70%). ![]() Additionally, investigators compared anterior eye symptoms experienced by respondents before their diagnosis and during the COVID-19 state. Related: Study identifies link between endophthalmitis, coronavirus Analysis Results of an online questionnaire of self-reported data from 83 participants over the course of two months with confirmed diagnoses of COVID-19 sought to ascertain the type, frequency and duration of different disease symptoms. In a study published by BMJ Open Ophthalmology, investigators sought to determine three objectives: whether ocular symptoms were different in chronic sufferers of anterior eye diseases when the symptoms were experienced and how long the symptoms lasted when compared to other COVID-19 patients. ![]()
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