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The effect of COVID-19 pandemic and wearing face masks on ophthalmology practice: What is known so far? A narrative review

Face masks, along with other preventive measures, can help slow the spread of COVID-19. Despite the positive effect of the mask in combating the virus, it has some negative effects on the human body that must be followed up on and reduced. In this study, we discuss the impact of wearing face masks o...

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Autores principales: Abu-Ismail, Luai, Al-Shami, Khayry, Al-Shami, Manar, Nashwan, Abdulqadir J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9742357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36518743
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.1019434
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author Abu-Ismail, Luai
Al-Shami, Khayry
Al-Shami, Manar
Nashwan, Abdulqadir J.
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Al-Shami, Khayry
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description Face masks, along with other preventive measures, can help slow the spread of COVID-19. Despite the positive effect of the mask in combating the virus, it has some negative effects on the human body that must be followed up on and reduced. In this study, we discuss the impact of wearing face masks on the eye and the common issues associated with using them. The literature search was conducted using electronic databases such as PubMed and Google Scholar. Only articles published in English were included. A total of 39 relevant articles were deemed eligible. After the duplicate articles were removed, the titles and abstracts of 20 papers underwent full-text screening. The review comprised both prospective and retrospective investigations, case reports, and a series of reporting ocular symptoms following the use of face masks. The COVID-19 pandemic affected ophthalmology practices in managing patients. New factors must be considered, especially when dealing with anti-VEGF injections, such as the risk of endophthalmitis, tests and symptoms of patients with glaucoma, and the emerging symptoms associated with the COVID-19 vaccination. The use of face masks and breathing aids seemed to influence the tear film.
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spelling pubmed-97423572022-12-13 The effect of COVID-19 pandemic and wearing face masks on ophthalmology practice: What is known so far? A narrative review Abu-Ismail, Luai Al-Shami, Khayry Al-Shami, Manar Nashwan, Abdulqadir J. Front Med (Lausanne) Medicine Face masks, along with other preventive measures, can help slow the spread of COVID-19. Despite the positive effect of the mask in combating the virus, it has some negative effects on the human body that must be followed up on and reduced. In this study, we discuss the impact of wearing face masks on the eye and the common issues associated with using them. The literature search was conducted using electronic databases such as PubMed and Google Scholar. Only articles published in English were included. A total of 39 relevant articles were deemed eligible. After the duplicate articles were removed, the titles and abstracts of 20 papers underwent full-text screening. The review comprised both prospective and retrospective investigations, case reports, and a series of reporting ocular symptoms following the use of face masks. The COVID-19 pandemic affected ophthalmology practices in managing patients. New factors must be considered, especially when dealing with anti-VEGF injections, such as the risk of endophthalmitis, tests and symptoms of patients with glaucoma, and the emerging symptoms associated with the COVID-19 vaccination. The use of face masks and breathing aids seemed to influence the tear film. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9742357/ /pubmed/36518743 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.1019434 Text en Copyright © 2022 Abu-Ismail, Al-Shami, Al-Shami and Nashwan. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Al-Shami, Manar
Nashwan, Abdulqadir J.
The effect of COVID-19 pandemic and wearing face masks on ophthalmology practice: What is known so far? A narrative review
title The effect of COVID-19 pandemic and wearing face masks on ophthalmology practice: What is known so far? A narrative review
title_full The effect of COVID-19 pandemic and wearing face masks on ophthalmology practice: What is known so far? A narrative review
title_fullStr The effect of COVID-19 pandemic and wearing face masks on ophthalmology practice: What is known so far? A narrative review
title_full_unstemmed The effect of COVID-19 pandemic and wearing face masks on ophthalmology practice: What is known so far? A narrative review
title_short The effect of COVID-19 pandemic and wearing face masks on ophthalmology practice: What is known so far? A narrative review
title_sort effect of covid-19 pandemic and wearing face masks on ophthalmology practice: what is known so far? a narrative review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9742357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36518743
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.1019434
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