In a small study on the clinical manifestation of COVID-19 in China, researchers reported that 12 of 38 patients with COVID-19 had ocular symptoms - such as watery and sore eyes - consistent with conjunctivitis. Gorski works at Northwell Health, which is located outside of New York City and was part of the epicenter of the first wave of COVID-19 in the U.S. Gorski, “we’ve seen an extremely low percentage of COVID-19 patients presenting with conjunctivitis.” It should be noted that Dr. There have been studies suggesting that COVID can be transmitted through the conjunctiva. “The answer is, without the common symptoms of fever, cough, or shortness of breath, it is highly, highly unlikely.” COVID-19 Transmission Through the Eyes Is Rare “Patients have asked if their pink eye could be the first symptom of COVID-19,” Moran Eye Center ophthalmologist Jeff Pettey, MD, said in an article for The University of Utah. That said, it’s unlikely that having pink eye alone means you have COVID-19. “With COVID-19 being a virus, it would have a similar presentation.” “Those are the common symptoms of run-of-the-mill pink eye,” says Dr. Other common symptoms of conjunctivitis include: The hallmark symptom of conjunctivitis is the pink or reddish color that occurs when the blood vessels in the conjunctiva become inflamed, making them more visible. This inflammation of the clear mucous membrane that overlies the eye is most commonly caused by a viral infection. One possible sign of the presence of COVID-19 is conjunctivitis (also known as pink eye). “We don’t know for sure how easily it can be transmitted to the eyes.” Eye Symptoms of COVID-19 Gorski stresses that any discussion of the transmissibility of COVID via the eyes is preliminary. “If there is coronavirus in your tears, without a doubt, there’s the potential of it entering your mouth and your respiratory tract through this drainage system.” “In the eyelid, there’s a tear drain that connects right to the back of the throat,” explains Matthew Gorski, MD , an ophthalmology specialist at Northwell Health’s Center for Adult Ophthalmology in Great Neck, New York. This possibility isn’t surprising, considering that our eyes, nose, and throat are all connected. However, because the surface of the eye and the inner eyelids are lined by the same mucous membrane (called the conjunctiva) as the respiratory tract, if infected coronavirus droplets land in your eye, it’s possible that you could become infected. Much less attention has been focused on the eyes as a portal of entry for the coronavirus. The droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people nearby and cause them to become infected. When it comes to COVID-19, all eyes are on the respiratory tract, which is considered the primary means of transmission - respiratory droplets are spread mainly from person to person, when an infected person coughs, sneezes, talks, or sings.
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