COVID-19 patient firstly visiting eye doctor due to tarsadenitis and subconjunctival hemorrhage: A case report / 中华实验眼科杂志

ABSTRACT

A 35-year-old female patient with a history of significant epidemiological exposure firstly visited eye doctor due to acute tarsadenitis in the right eye.Subsequently, she developed subconjunctival hemorrhage, fever and cough and received topical administration of antibiotics and systemic treatment of antiviral drug.Shortly thereafter, both his mother and father, who denied COVID-19 associated epidemiological history, appeared fever, fatigue and other symptoms and diagnosed as COVID-19.This female patient was diagnosed as COVID-19 by CT image of lung and COVID-19 RNA detection 17 days and 24 days after firstly visited eye doctor, respectively, and received specialized isolation treatment.The symptoms of COVID-19 are very varied, eye doctors should keep alert and pay attention to personal protection.