Ask the Expert: Can COVID-19 Affect Your Eyes?

USC Roski Eye Institute ophthalmology faculty member Dr. Brian Toy interviews fellow faculty member Dr. Annie Nguyen with common questions regarding whether COVID-19 can effect our eyes.

[calikid]

I recently tested positive for Covid and my symptoms are just headaches and sore eyes they hurt when I look around too fast this sucks

[pattiblount]

I lost some vision in my
rt. eye due to long Covid. I still have fatigue, shortness of breath upon exertion, dizziness and nausea, but the vision impairment is most concerning.

[vinchenzo]

It's caused blurry vision in me and I never recovered 100%. My eyes havnt went back to the way they were.

[alilepage]

COVID has made my eyeballs sore. It’s manageable with pain meds and doesn’t appear to be red or goopy but when I wake up in the morning my eyes hurt just to look around in different directions. My son randomly developed scarring on his retina and a gray blind post in his vision last year (next step is pediatric retina Dr.) and since they have no clue as to what caused this now I’m wondering if he had COVID.

[kerireinhart]

I am recovering from Covid-19 and I developed blind spots during my highest fever and terrible headaches. I saw my Optician and he found Cotton Wool Spots, Macular Changes, and Infarcs. He is sending me to a Retinal specialist next week as I still have blind spots and no medical reason for the retinal changes. He said that I am either the first Covid patient to develop these issues or it was terribly coincidental I the first?

[itguy]

Sir I have focusing issue post covid, That means I can watch A and B and C object properly, but if you ask me watch A while I count 1 to 10 then A becomes blur and I can not focus, similarly if I am watching anything casually and thinking about something then whatever i am watching becomes blur.

[inscoredbz]

I'm just getting over covid, and this morning I wake up and my eyes was very sensitive to light and going from a dark room into a bright room hurt. I went back to bed and covered my head to be in the dark and I was seeing colors of light, shadows that moved in like waves. I really don't know how to describe it. I don't know if it's where they prescribed me ivermectin and it's messing with me or whether the covid is messing with me, even though today is my last day of quarantine.

[abraham]

I have covid and my vison is weird like if I was high or something idk it weird

[lawrencesnyder]

I am 49 years old and received both vaccinations in January. After my vaccinations I started suffering headaches and pain in my eyes. During the past seven months I have started losing my field of vision to the point that I’m now legally blind. I have less than 5% peripheral vision and have a prescription for glasses for reading. I maintain 20/40 distant vision. I’ve been to A optical neurologist, a retina specialist, and three other experts in their field. Now nobody can explain why I am losing my vision, and how it happened. If there’s any mistakes on this are used voice to text.

[englishrose]

My eyes got bad in Long.Covid? Sore red and.dry . Sort of poked iin smaller, cant open wide, they.r very tired.

[ksjerrytwine]

what happens if 1 eye seems more red and stings when u rub it while the other eye is completely fine

[RheaTempleton]

I was diagnosed with covid an I wonder if I got it from my eyes because since day one they have been sore an swollen an still are.

[sharonbrown]

When will you do update on medical findings of cov19 &eyes or mouth

[wasteddreams]

I tested positive and later negative. i has a mild conjunctivtis that is okay now. But I still get angiodema below my left eye. Please help with a solution. I'm taking strong antihistamines everyday. When will this go? I am so stressed out and nervous of getting anaphylactic shock some day

[nurturing.wellness]

I’m currently positive for covid and one thing I notice are my pupils. They are super dilated. Anyone else??

[susanwright]

The biggest answer is what are they going to do to fix all the damage they have caused !!!!