The endless variants of COVID-19, the new variant XBB1.5 is currently spreading internationally, and “eye rubbing” is also one of the infection vectors; it is known that human beings rub their eyes an average of 7.2 times per hour, and the eyes themselves have There is the ACE2 receiver, which is the favorite dish of COVID-19. In this regard, doctors reminded that if you rub your eyes randomly, you may increase the risk of infection, and believe that if you want to prevent the epidemic, you must also prevent “rubbing your eyes”.
The COVID-19 virus vector is not only infected from the respiratory system. Huang Xuan, a specialist in intensive care medicine and a specialist in thoracic medicine, reminded that as long as you don’t consciously rub your eyes, the virus may pass through your fingers, contaminate the mucous membranes in the eyes, enter and infect the eyes , Even if people wear masks to prevent epidemics, they still touch their eyes all the time.
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Huang Xuan said that humans rub their eyes an average of 7.2 times per hour, and cited a 2015 study by New South Wales University in Australia, which found that humans touch their faces no less than 23 times per hour, including frequent touching of eyes, nose and mouth. About 27% of the eyes, 31% of the nose, 36% of the mouth, and 6% of the eyes, nose, and mouth at the same time; this is why medical staff sometimes wear goggles in addition to masks, mainly because To avoid rubbing your eyes inadvertently.
In this regard, Huang Xuan suggested that to prevent the risk of eye infection, when entering and exiting high-risk areas, in addition to wearing a mask, you can also consider wearing goggles, wash your hands frequently, and do not rub your eyes randomly. These are very important eyes. Epidemic prevention measures.
In fact, the most common symptoms of COVID-19 include dry eye or foreign body sensation (16%), red eye (13.3%), watery eyes (12.8%), very itchy eyes (12.6%), eye pain (9.6%) ), a lot of eye mucus (8.8%), a recent comprehensive study analyzed 8,219 confirmed cases, and more than 30 international literatures also found that 11.03% of confirmed cases had more or less a symptom of eye discomfort. Patients with severe cases of the new crown and who use respirators may also experience edema or swelling of the eyelids and intraocular mucosa, which is called conjunctival edema.
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