Mask-Related Glasses Fogging: A Predisposing Mechanism of Falls during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Fogging is a relatively infrequent, yet annoying, issue encountered by individuals who wear glasses. With the arrival of COVID-19, glasses fogging is more common due to the ubiquitous use of face masks. Individuals are stuck wrestling between leaving their mask off or trying to navigate their day-to...

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Autores principales: Dankert, John F., Virk, Mandeep S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8355963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34395008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5600216
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description Fogging is a relatively infrequent, yet annoying, issue encountered by individuals who wear glasses. With the arrival of COVID-19, glasses fogging is more common due to the ubiquitous use of face masks. Individuals are stuck wrestling between leaving their mask off or trying to navigate their day-to-day lives with fogged glasses and risk falling. We report a case of an olecranon fracture sustained due to reduced visibility secondary to mask-related fogging during the COVID-19 pandemic. The recommendations included here will provide health care providers with the necessary information to educate patients regarding prevention of mask-related glass fogging.
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spelling pubmed-83559632021-08-12 Mask-Related Glasses Fogging: A Predisposing Mechanism of Falls during the COVID-19 Pandemic Dankert, John F. Virk, Mandeep S. Case Rep Orthop Case Report Fogging is a relatively infrequent, yet annoying, issue encountered by individuals who wear glasses. With the arrival of COVID-19, glasses fogging is more common due to the ubiquitous use of face masks. Individuals are stuck wrestling between leaving their mask off or trying to navigate their day-to-day lives with fogged glasses and risk falling. We report a case of an olecranon fracture sustained due to reduced visibility secondary to mask-related fogging during the COVID-19 pandemic. The recommendations included here will provide health care providers with the necessary information to educate patients regarding prevention of mask-related glass fogging. Hindawi 2021-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8355963/ /pubmed/34395008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5600216 Text en Copyright © 2021 John F. Dankert and Mandeep S. Virk. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8355963/
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