Researchers have long been in search of new ways to treat glaucoma – an incurable eye disease. However, at Karolinska Institute and St. Erik Eye Hospital, a team has discovered more clues as to its pathogenesis. A new study published in the journal PNAS shows how metabolic disturbance of the neurons coincides with the raised pressure in […]
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Research Reveals the Way COVID-19 Affects the Eyes
According to new research published in the journal BMJ Open Ophthalmology, sore eyes are one of the most significant vision-based indicators of COVID-19. The study showed that 16 percent of people affected with COVID-19 were also suffering from sore eyes. Only 5 percent of patients reported having the condition in past. Photophobia has been another prominent symptom among […]
