Novel coronavirus disease with conjunctivitis and conjunctivitis as first symptom: Two cases report
10.3760/cma.j.cn115989-20200303-00133
- VernacularTitle:首发和伴发结膜炎的新型冠状病毒肺炎二例
- Author:
Xuejie LI
1
;
Ming WANG
;
Jing DAI
;
Wenjun WANG
;
Yanning YANG
;
Wei JIN
Author Information
1. 武汉大学第一临床学院 430060
- From:
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology
2020;38(4):318-321
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
As the frontline health care workers at the center of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, we have encountered many asymptomatic COVID-19 patients or patients with mild symptoms since December 2019.A number of COVID-19 cases with conjunctivitis or conjunctivitis as the first symptom have been observed in our clinical work.This paper reports the diagnosis and treatment of one COVID-19 patient with conjunctivitis as the first symptom and one COVID-19 patient with conjunctivitis.In case one conjunctivitis occurred at the third day after patient came in close contact with determined COVID-19 patient and visited an eye doctor, and the symptom of conjunctivitis following the topical administration of anti-viral eyedrops for 1 week, followed by COVID-19.Her 2019-nCoV RNA detection of nasopharynx swab was positive but that of conjunctival sac swab was a negative result.Case two had a positive epidemiological history and simultaneous onset of COVID-19 and conjunctivitis.She presented positive results of 2019-nCoV RNA detection in both nasopharynx and conjunctival sac swabs, and other lab results supported the diagnosis of COVID-19 but she had a normal CT findings of the chest.The ocular symptoms were disappeared after topical administration of anti-viral eyedrops for 1 week.
