New Concern: COVID-19 could affect your eyesight
“Usually, it’ll cause a decrease in vision,” he said. “It could then cause a secondary cause of glaucoma, can also cause things like cataracts, retinal swelling. All kinds of problems inside the eye.”
"COVID-19 Found in The Cornea: Are Transplants a Transmission Risk?
A multi-institutional study finds that COVID-19 can be found in post-mortem corneal tissue, highlighting the importance of the donor screening process."
Acute viral retinitis in patients with COVID-19 "severe blindness could be associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection... physicians should consider the possibility of coronavirus infection in patients with an abnormal fundus or suddenly vision loss."
Vision-Threatening Retinal Condition Linked to COVID-19 — Rates of rare retinal vein occlusion jumped after infection,