A 20-year-old girl in China was infected with Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19), her vision decreased to 0.02, and she was diagnosed with acute macular neuroretinopathy.

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[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] The epidemic in China continues to spread. Recently, a 20-year-old woman was infected with Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) and had a fever for 3 days. Her vision suddenly dropped to 0.02, even the largest sign on the vision test form I can't see clearly, I'm almost blind.

At present, there have been many cases of eye discomfort after the diagnosis in China.

According to Chinese media reports, Zhejiang Wenzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine recently received a confirmed female patient. After being infected with the virus, her eyesight dropped sharply. After an eye specialist examination, it was found that she was diagnosed with acute macular neuroretinopathy, which was caused by the virus. ocular complications.

Dark reddish-brown lesions were seen in the macular area of ​​her eyes, pigmentation disorder, hyperreflective lesions in the outer retina, concentrated in the outer retinal nuclear layer in the macular area, ellipsoidal zone and mosaic zone breaks.

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Dr. Zhao Jing, deputy director of the Department of Ophthalmology at the hospital, said that since the patient's illness was an eye complication of Wuhan pneumonia, "the virus may have ocular tropism, and can spread from the upper respiratory tract to the eyes through a sophisticated network of different nerves, invading After the eye, it will induce an increase in the level of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, which will cause eye discomfort and inflammation of the retina or optic nerve." Even if the disease is controlled in the later stage, it is difficult for vision to return to its original state.

In response to this matter, Nature Communications, a sub-journal of Nature, also published related papers. The virus will spread from the lungs to the brain and eyes through the neurons of the trigeminal and optic nerves, causing eye discomfort and retinal inflammation. Decreased perception or loss of vision.

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