Spectacle use,diet,and COVID-19
Pradyumna Krishna Majumdar1
Vikas Bhardwaj1
Sarika Sharma1
Sarita Majumdar2
1.Department of Orthopaedics,Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences,Rohtak,Haryana 124001,India2.Department of Nursing,Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences,Rohtak,Haryana 124001,India
摘要：Dear Editor,
The eye(other than the respiratory system)is considered an important route of infection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)that causes Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19).Literature has shown that people typically touch their face about 23 times every waking hour[1].The eye is rich in the angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 receptor,the SARS-CoV-2 gateway[2].Studies have shown that SARS-CoV-2 was detected in tears of patients with COVID-19,and some ophthalmologists were infected by this route during routine treatment[3-6].Though the WHO guidelines advocate the usage of goggles or a face shield,the protection provided by them has not been studied extensively.But any protection could,in theory,decrease the susceptibility to acquiring the virus.
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分类号：R511(传染病)
论文发表日期：2022-01-30
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
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